ARDMS Update

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ARDMS Update

• BCUS Meeting,
• October 22, 2006
• Anne Andrew

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Mission Statement

• ARDMS promotes quality care and patient safety
  through the certification and continuing
  competency of ultrasound professionals.

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Certification Program

• gt 50,000 active registrants around the world
• British Columbia
• 534 active registrants
• 5 retired registrants
• Canada
• 3981 active registrants
• 36 retired registrants

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Who Certifies ARDMS?

• ANSI ISO 17024
• Accreditation for certifying bodies
• ARDMS 7th organization in world to obtain this
  certification
• NCCA accreditation
• Nat. Commission for Certifying Agencies
• NOCA
• Nat. Org for Competency Assurance
• Oversees NCCA accreditation

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Certification Updates

• Scale Scoring
• Sonography Principles Instrumentation (Single
  Physics)
• Performance Based Testing

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Scale Scoring

• Offers consistency for pass score reporting in
  all exams
• All scores reported against a scale of 300 700
• Passing score for all ARDMS exams 555
• Horizon Short term
• Feb 2007

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Sonography Principles / Instrumentation (SPI)

• Single Physics
• Implications for those already registered
  considering new credentials currently being
  addressed.
• Horizon Medium term
• Estimate 3 5 years

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Performance Based Testing

• Tests on scanning ability in addition to
  knowledge
• Test takers will have to do things
• Move a virtual transducer, change settings,
  measure structures
• Horizon Long term

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Disciplinary Program

• Promotes quality care patient safety
• Imposes sanctions
• i.e. revocation of credential
• Publishes a list of sanctioned individuals on the
  web site.

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Continuing Competency - Updates

• Fixed triennium
• CME audit

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Fixed Triennium

• ARDMS returns to a fixed 3 year CME cycle
• Cycle based upon year first credentialed
• Check RSS for your cycle.

Registrant Secured Services
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CME Audit

• Keep your CME certificates in a safe place
• Random registrant audits to take place to ensure
  sufficient acceptable CME records

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www.ardms.org

• On-line
• renewals
• exam application
• Surveys
• Check registry status
• ARDMS updates / publications
• and lots more..

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How to Get Involved

• Let ARDMS know you are interested
• Item Writing Workshops
• Exam Development Task Force
• Sylvia Phillips CPI
• Contact
• Brenda Johnson
• 1 800 541-9754

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