by Nikolas Sanoudos MSc AVS RVT ARDMS Senior Vascular Scientist, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust in Newcastle, United Kingdom It is now a commonly-held belief that patients have the right to be the ultimate decision makers when choosing among their healthcare options. Healthcare providers agree that patients need to be informed.  The underlying assumption is that patients will make their decisions based, in part, on the results of their diagnostic examinations. What the healthcare community has not yet achieved consensus on is who should do the informing. In th ..read more

When you renew with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) each year, you are not just ensuring that your credential is in good standing, you are reaffirming your role in the ARDMS mission to set the standard for excellence in sonography and enable exceptional patient care, while distinguishing yourself as an expert to your employer and colleagues. ARDMS, as an accredited non-profit organization, reinvests renewal fees directly back into work that serves our Registrants and furthers our joint mission.   As the recognized standard for credentialing in Sonograp ..read more

The ARDMS SKILLS App offers today’s sonographer a new kind of tool to cultivate learning in ultrasound – and now, it offers a chance to save some cash. Congratulations to the WINNERS! Congratulations to the winners of the first-ever ARDMS SKILLS App Quiz Contest.FREE Renewal in 2023 by August 29! If you haven’t yet had a chance to explore the new ARDMS SKILLS App yet, now is the time! Download the app and complete a specialty quiz by August 29 to win a chance at NO RENEWAL FEE for 2023! There are just three steps between you and a chance to win. Download the ARDMS SKILLS App to your smar ..read more

Does the Practice Test show me which questions I answered incorrectly? No, once you have completed the Practice Test, you will receive a numeric score that indicates the number of questions answered correctly. Is the Practice Test scored? A score report will appear at the end of the test each time you take it. The number of correct answers for each test, the section is calculated in the score report. Are there different versions of the Practice Tests? The Practice Test for each specialty has one version of the same 30 questions. In other words, if you retake the Practice Test, you will see the ..read more

Volunteers make the mission of Inteleos, ARDMS, APCA, and PCA possible. And for that, we say thank you! Volunteers, thank you for all that you do. Your effort and service are greatly appreciated by all of us. Please find our thank you notes below: Volunteering for Inteleos/ ARDMS has been one of my best professional decisions! Every aspect of my volunteer experience has been positive and rewarding. Patient care is #1 and that is obvious in every fiber of the organization. Thank you to all the ARDMS volunteers who help create quality sonography assessments that directly benefit our communities ..read more

1. What online proctoring? Effective November 10, 2020, Inteleos will offer online proctoring for examinations. Online proctoring is not currently available for other ARDMS or APCA examinations. Online proctoring will allow you to take an examination online from a home or office setting using an internet connection, webcam, microphone, and Pearson VUE’s OnVUE software.  Using this software, your online testing session will be monitored live and recorded by a test proctor using enhanced security features. Please note online proctoring is not available in the following countries: Cuba Iran ..read more

Perhaps you’re a student zeroing in on your interests in medicine and caring for people. Maybe you’re someone looking to make a meaningful career change and weighing what options are feasible. You both have something in common – you want to know the answer to the question, “ Is sonography a good job?”. We hope that the sonography career information provided in this article will empower you to make the right decision for you. This article contains many resources to help you in your sonography career research and will outline: What a medical sonographer does Sonography career outlook  Sono ..read more

Interested in a career in sonography? This article can help answer many of the questions you may have. What is sonography? Sonography is a painless non-invasive procedure that uses high-frequency sound waves to produce visual images of organs, tissues, or blood flow inside the body. What does a diagnostic medical sonographer do? The Sonographer specialist uses a transducer that produces sound waves into the body in order to visualize anatomy, physiology and pathology. They create a video and a report for the physician. Diagnostic medical sonographers specialize in different parts of the body ..read more

by Anita S. Altawan, MHA, RVT, RVS, RPhS Heart & Vascular Leader at St. Mary Mercy Hospital of Livonia, MI Several anatomical anomalies can result in deep vein thrombosis (DVT).  May-Thurner Syndrome – also known as iliac vein compression syndrome – is one of them. Because May-Thurner Syndrome is not a common condition, physicians might not routinely request scans that would show whether it is present.  As sonographers, we can play a crucial role in ensuring that a patient with May-Thurner Syndrome is diagnosed accurately and treated effectively if we know what to look ..read more

Kayla H. Sickles, MHA, RDCS, RVT, RDMS Cardiac and vascular sonographer at Highland Hospital of Rochester, NY.​  I am an advocate of incorporating foundations of all sonographic modalities into sonographer education. A sonographer with breadth of knowledge is more likely to have the ability to identify and correctly report incidental findings that may dramatically alter patient outcomes and even save lives. Yet, as the field of ultrasound advances, dual-registered sonographers are becoming less common and triple-registered sonographers are a rarity. Twenty-five percent of sonographers reg ..read more