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Let me throw this into the ring (tongue in cheek of course) Sonojournalist... telling the story with our sonograms Phil White BS RVT -----Original Message----- From: UVM Flownet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of L. Collins Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Sonographer has meaning. Well said, Joe. I have always found it odd that everyone finds it "unnecessarily" arrogant of us--including many sonographers--to care about our professional title, yet it's understandable and acceptable for other professionals to expect use of their proper titles- -even when not directly referring to their profession--try calling a doctor "Mr." or "Ms." even socially. Without even knowing that anyone else was sensitive to the title issue, it was very important to me fresh out of school. When a patient's family member referred to me as "...just a 'photographer'...she doesn't know anything...don't ask her any questions," I didn't hesitate to set him straight, and quite politely, I might add, considering the anger that was bubbling inside me. That said, I don't think the term "sonographer" holds any more water outside our profession than do "tech" or "technologist." In my humble and often too-sensitive opinion based mostly on simple medical terminology, it means "person who takes sonographs or sonograms," and we know that in vascular imaging, it's *so* much more than that--much like a photographer takes photographs. Truth be told, that's just how laypeople and much of the rest of the medical community view us. In fact, I remember one physician who had been "trained" not to use the words "tech" or "technician" always made a point of being very sarcastic when he referred to us by title, saying in a very condescending, smarmy tone: "It's *technologist*, not "technician," but you could hear the implied: "But it's also not MD, PhD or even nurse, so who cares?" However, right now, I'd just be happy to be a gainfully employed "tech" or "technician" or "snotographer" because unemployed is the worst title of all. To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html