Blog posting By Grace Lee
1st year DMS student
Montgomery College
Ultrasound Practitioner
In the 21st century, the change in the patient demographics, needs and health care finances improves quality in clinical practice. Moreover, the change develops health professions. Now, you can see many Nurse Practitioners and Physician’s Assistants who are specialized members within the health professions. They might stand as a good model for the Ultrasound Practitioner.
What is an Ultrasound Practitioner? According to The Ultrasound Practitioner, by Coffin, an Ultrasound Practitioner is a health care professional who autonomously performs and interprets ultrasound procedures in primary or specialty areas of ultrasound. In other words, the Ultrasound Practitioner is an advanced-level ultrasound imager or interpreter. The Ultrasound Practitioner would provide a much higher level of clinical performance, interpretation, clinical correlation and suggested follow-up.
To be an Ultrasound Practitioner, prerequisites are strongly suggested. There are many more requirements entering this profession to ensure “experience” in the field. For those who are already eligible for a Master’s program, you should prepare a prospective plan. There is a sample curriculum of an Ultrasound Practitioner program that has been created by George Washington University. For more information on their proposed curriculum you can visit the following url (http://www.sdms.org/pdf/UP2001.pdf, p5), or e-mail at them at ultrap@gwu.edu to inquire about their Master’s degree for Ultrasound Practitioners that is under development. The following requirements are currently recommended: Bachelor’s degree, Ultrasound Practitioner master degree core curriculum, 5 years clinical experience, RDMS, RDCS, RVT or CCI certified, post-graduate clinical training in Ultrasound Practitioner Program (18-24 months), successful completion of Ultrasound Practitioner national board certification examination.
So far, Ultrasound Practitioner programs do not exist. There are currently three universities who are in the process of developing a program. They soon will be updating their initiatives by reporting their progress through JDMS soon.
It will be challenging to become an Ultrasound Practitioner, however imagine being an Ultrasound Practitioner in the future as healthcare evolves; we hope that there will be a place for this new emerging profession. If you would like more information on becoming an Ultrasound Practitioner, please visit http://www.sdms.org/pdf/jdmsup.pdf or http://www.sdms.org/pdf/UP2001.pdf . This webpage will help answer your questions.
Reference
http://www.sdms.org/pdf/jdmsup.pdf
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http://www.sdms.org/pdf/UP2001.pdf
The DMS Program at Montgomery College offers three major concentrations of study- General (Abdominal, Ob/Gyn, Breast & Small Parts), Cardiac (Adult and Pediatric), and Vascular Technology. Upon successfully completing the DMS Program at MC, graduates are eligible to sit for their ARDMS National Board Exams. For more information on our Ultrasound Program, visit our website at http://www.Montgomerycollege.edu/dms
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It is not easy to become an ultrasound technician. It would be harder to become an Ultrasound Practitioner. It is challenging.
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