Kelly, Deborah, et.al. I deeply apologize if I came across as
     suggesting that it is not possible to cross train and do a
     excellent job in more than one area. Clearly, cross training in
     ultrasound is more difficult than in most allied health areas and
     in many scenarios, it is not as feasible and/or desireable as many
     managers would want to believe. My point was that not all of us
     need to be cross trained and in fact, specialization is OK, perhaps
     even, god forbid, desireable. I do however manintain that if
     individual differences are equal, a specialist has the edge simply
     because they see and think it more. And if I have a high risk
     fetus, I want a sonographer who looks and thinks high risk fetus
     all day, not someone who just finished 3 GB and a pelvis!

     Bill Schroedter
     Venice,Fl.

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Subject: Re: Combined services
Author:  UVM Flownet <[log in to unmask]> at Internet
Date:    9/27/99 11:18 AM


At 12:03 AM 9/27/99 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 09/26/1999 11:37:11 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
><< Hello! I also agree that the individual who can actually cross-train
>between
> two ultrasound specialties is rare. The individual areas of ultrasound are
> diverging and to be current in the individual fields is getting to be quite a
> challenge. The skilled sonographer can do a normal patient, but subtle
> pathology is another thing.
>                                          Tim Oltman RVT
>                                          Memorial Medical Center >>
>
>    I would have to disagree with this statement, yes I am registered in more
>than one specialty, however I do not practice in all of the areas now that I
>am registered in, but I do practice in more than one, While I am not a jack
>of all trades, it is possible to do more than one thing well. I practice in
>two areas of sonography and I know that I do an excellent job in both of
>them. There are many sonographers out there who do a wonderful job in more
>than one specialty.
>
>I would have to sign this, master of two (not jack of all)
>Kelly Estes RDMS, RDCS, RVT, practicing in the last two
>
>
I agree with Kelly.  I am a sonographer also registered in more than one
specialty and feel I do an excellent job in each area of sonography I
perform.  If you ask the physicians I work with they would agree with me.  A
skilled sonographer can do excellent work in more than one specialty.

Deborah L. Richert, RDMS, RVT
La Crosse, WI