Radiology 101

Many Radiologic Technologists are still confuse if echocardiography is under our field. So in order to give you an idea let me discuss an overview of echocardiography.

According to Wikipedia:

Cardiac sonographer (also known as echocardiographer, or cardiac ultrasound technologist) is a medical profession of sonographers that specialize in the anatomy and function of the heart. It is a technical job that in the USA has traditionally required an Associates degree in Echo and passing a National Registry exam, but more and more often is requiring a Bachelors degree as the field gets more developed and complicated. Much like how a general sonographer would use sonography (ultrasound) to view a fetus inside a pregnant woman, cardiac sonographers use the same technology to examine and evaluate the heart: chamber sizes, arrangement of the parts, muscle function, valve function and blood flow. Cardiac sonographers typically do not make diagnoses, but rather report all that they find to a cardiologist for further analysis. Salaries range from $20 to $50 an hour.

In the US, there are cardiac sonography schools or diagnostic medical sonography schools that offers cardiac sonographer training. Career opportunities will expand in sonography due to advances in echocardiography that can reduce the need for more costly and invasive procedures.

So in conclusion, I think Cardiac Sonography must really be a work of a Radiologic Technologist in partnership with the Cardiologist, right?

Congratulations to all who passed the Radiologic Technology June 2009 Board Exam, especially to my former classmates, Judy Genona, Paul Ferdinand Paris, Vicente Sararana and to my cousin, Beauty Mosquiola.

Among the 994 applicants for Radtech and X-ray Tech Board Exam last June, 2009, only 488 made it. Registration will start on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 until July 3, 2009.

In order to register, you must bring the following:

1. duly accomplished Oath Form or Panunumpa ng Propesyonal,
2. current Community Tax Certificate (cedula),
3. 2 pieces passport size picture (colored with white background and complete name tag),
4. 1 piece 1″ x 1″ picture (colored with white background and complete name tag),
5. 2 sets of metered documentary stamps, and
6. 1 short brown envelope with name and profession;
7. cash for the Initial Registration Fee of P600 and Annual Registration Fee of P450 for 2009-2012 for RADIOLOGIC TECHNOLOGIST;

The oathtaking ceremony will be held before the Board on Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 1:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Manila Hotel, One Rizal Park, Manila.

Registration for membership with the Philippine Association of Radiologic Technologists, Inc. (PART) will start on Wednesday, June 10, 2009.

Below are excerpts from Mr. Luis Ibarra’s presentation during the PART Midyear Convention last April, 2009, where all the professional participants earned 15 CPE units.

According to Mr. Ibarra, PART Chair for the CPE Program, a professional should earn sixty (60) CPE units for three (3) years before he/she can renew his/her PRC license.

Philippine Regulation Commission Resolutions on CPE

1. Resolution No. 2008-463

ATTENDANCE TO THE CPE COURSES OFFERED BY CPE COUNCIL, AND PRC ACCREDITED CPE PROVIDERS AS A REQUIREMENT FOR ALL PROFESSIONALS TO BE IN GOOD STANDING AND GLOBALLY COMPETITIVE

2. Resolution No. 2008-465

AMENDING RESOLUTION No. 2008-341, SERIES OF 2006, PRESCRIBING FEES FOR THE ACREDITATION OF CPE PROGRAMS OF DULY ACCREDITED CPE PROVIDERS

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) refers to the inculcation, assimilation and acquisition of knowledge, skills, proficiency and ethical and moral values, after the initial registration of a professional, that raise and enhance the professional’s technical skills and competence.

OBJECTIVES OF CPE:
(1) To provide and ensure the continuous education of a registered professional with the latest trends in the profession brought about by modernization and scientific and technological advancement;
(2) To raise and maintain the professional’s capability for delivering professional services;
(3)To attain and maintain the highest standards and quality in the practice of his/her profession;
(4) To comply with the professionals continuing ethical requirements;

(5) To make the professional globally competitive; and
(6) To promote the general welfare of the public

MATRIX FOR CPE PROGRAMS,

ACTIVITIES OR SOURCES

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