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Re: AIUM CertificationFrom: T Dubose (tjdubose@chrp.uams.edu)Mon Jan 6 16:37:26 1997
Those with initials are not just trying *to preserve their own little fiefdom*. The reason education and the credentials that represent that education were developed is to identify those who have a certain level of education. Admittedly, testing does not always identify those who know what they are doing, but we don't have a better way of assessing knowledge than by testing. Unfortunately, sonography is very attractive to the public right now and there are many jumping in without knowing what they are doing. The missed diagnosis can be just as dangerous as the wrong diagnosis. This is the reason there are laws that govern who can do certain activities (deliveries, surgery, etc.). Sonography is simply too new to have evolved that system, for better or not. Personally, I would not want even an M.D. to do my sonography without proper training. There are just too may horror stories. It is not as simple as many think. Terry J. DuBose, M.S., RDMS; Assistant Professor Program Director, Diagnostic Medical Sonography University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Fellow, AIUM tjdubose@chrp.uams.edu http://www.io.com/~dubose/ http://www.obgyn.net/CORRESP/DUBOSE.HTM VOICE: 501-686-6510 FAX: 501-686-5613 Now is the time for all good folks to come to the aid of the Earth. ultrasound world is quite territorial, and those with the initials after their name wish to preserve their own little fiefdom. One of our own RDMS told me that I should never, never ever check for viability or presentation or placentation or do BPPs because I am not MD or RDMS. Also that I should not sign off on u/s reports because I am not qualified to interpret them. (I make a plain of care based on them, but she feels I should not initial them.) Betsy Hyde CNM Branford, CT midwife in private ob/cnm practice assistant clinical professor, yale university.
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