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Re: New Generation of SonographersFrom: Rizwan (wanriz@gmail.com)Fri Apr 28 14:46:57 2006
Nowell, I think we are up against two separate issues here. One, increasing number of incompetent techs and two, reluctance to work. For the first I believe that its a matter of percentage. In any given profession at any given time, only 10% are good to excellant whereas 90% are average to below average. And that the number of good ones will become smaller and smaller in comparison to the exponentially growing numbers of below average ones. Now if there were only 25 below average techs in your area 25 years ago, the number must have exponentilly increased to 2500 by now and that is what gives an impression of deteriorating standards although their proportion with good ones has not changed. For the second I believe that the Western world itself is to blame. Its clearly an imbalance between rights and duties primarily vouched by unions and insurance companies. I come from an asian background where pace of work is much faster, for many arguable reasons. But to my frustration I was forced to work at ameboid pace in the americas because the radiologist sitting in the office next door didnt want to see more than a certain number of films. My manager told me that enhanced work speed would jeopardise the quality of work. I said to her "you monitor the quality while I work at my pace" but she wont let me do that since it would spoil the work atmosphere. Honestly Nowell, you'll agree that in a us exam if you dont pick up anything in first 5-10 minutes it is quite unlikely that you will, if you keep scanning for another 30 minutes. Either there is nothing or you are not good enough to pick it. However I agree with the comment that ultrasound techs have much more responsibility as compared to other techs in healthcare. But the answer is not a higher salary. To me personally, it is a physicians job. Because it is "while" scanning that you make a diagnosis, not after. It is unfair to ask a person of less than physicians status to comment on lesions and appearances that he has not had enough teaching on. And it frustrates me even more when I see that most radiologists just counter-sign the statement prepared by sonographers. Best regards Haider
On 4/28/06, Joe <forcep@intercom.net> wrote:
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