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American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers

Survey of Practice Abdominal and in Superficial Sonography

Carol Williams, MBA, RDMS

Department of Radiology, Thomas Jefferson University, 796 Main Building, 132 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Carol B. Benson, MD

Department of Radiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts

Anne Rhodes, RDMS

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Vancouver, Canada

Lyn Schaefer

ARDMS, Rockville, Maryland.

The American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers administers certification examinations in various specialty areas. To ensure that these examinations reflect clinical practice, the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers regularly surveys registered sonographers to determine current practice frequencies.

The Abdominal Exam Development Task Force recently conducted a task analysis survey of a random sample of 2500 registered diagnostic medical sonographers in the abdomen specialty. The abdominal examination content outline was revised to reflect changes in practice since the previous survey, which was conducted in 1987.

The most notable change is the widespread use of pulsed and color Doppler by sonographers. As a result, the examination content outline has a new section entitled "Abdominal Vasculature with Doppler." In addition, Doppler examination items have been added to other sections of the examination. The new content outline, with the assigned percentages for each section of the examination, is included in this summary.

Key Words: abdominal ultrasound • American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers • survey of practice • task analysis

Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography, Vol. 12, No. 1, 18-21 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/857647939601200104
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