Yeah... This whole thing stinks... Humbly speaking, the "APS" status that I achieved years back in vascular technolody (albeit through the SDMS) requires that I submit annually not only that I Have 15 vascular specific CMEs(per year) but also a NOTARIZED templated document, signed by a supervising physician, stating I have at least "X" amount of scans performed anually (think it's 800, non-issue). So If the ARDMS is concerned about non-practicing persons meeting their CME requirements, then maybe institute this type of documentation. Granted their are people that probably know ways to jump thru any loop-hole, but that's their character defect... Just a thought
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PS.. I like RVT2(squared). Lol
Doug Marcum
RDMS,RDCS,RVT(APS),RPhS
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On May 19, 2010, at 9:23 AM, Nancy Williams <
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> From the ARDMS home page
> ..."that ARDMS should have a measurable way to assure that Registrants
> are knowledgeable in current day practice. Continuing Medical Education
> (CME) credits alone cannot prove that an ARDMS Registrant continues to
> meet the minimum core sonography clinical skills in present day
> practice;..."
>
> So in effect what the ARDMS is stating is that for the past twenty years
> the work I have been doing every day, combined with my daily clinical
> applications and the mandatory CME's was, what? a waste of my time? I
> agree that someone who is not working cannot hope to keep their skill
> level up by doing CME's, but to tell hard working technologists that
> their experience on the job everyday is not proof enough that they meet
> the " minimum core sonography clinical skills in present day practice;"
> is insane! I measure my technologists core sonography skills every day.
> They have to be certified, they have to do CME's and even still I do a
> rigorous QA and now I have to tell them that there is yet another hoop
> they have to jump through? Oy Vey!
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