Sonographers.org Website Review

concern over sonographer shortage and impact on cardiac patients, by rohan quinn, radio nz. the australas*an sonographers as*ociation's chief executive, jodie long, said sonographer training was slower than it needed to be, partly due to the difficulty for sonographers to find job placements and mentors in already stretched hospitals and medical centres.. uk study highlights benefits of 'how to deliver bad news training' on sonographer burnout levels. a recent uk study highlights that training sonographers in how to deliver bad news to pregnant women helps improve their skills and reduce burnout levels. although uk sonographers are tasked with scanning and reporting, this type of training may also be beneficial for australian and new zealand sonographers where burnout is also not uncommon. using carotid ultrasound to give patients a pictorial view of their subclinical atherosclerosis was effective in motivating them to follow clinicians' advice, a pragmatic trial found. source: ashley lyles, medpage today. swe improves accuracy of ultrasound in diagnosing soft-tissue mas*es. a study has shown shearwave elastography boosts diagnostic accuracy when compared with ultrasound alone or ultrasound with mri for diagnosing soft-tissue lesions initially believed to be benign. source: kate madden yee - auntminnie ultrasound is 98% effective for further as*essing mas*es found on screening digital breast tomosynthesis (dbt), according to a study published online on 29 november in the british journal of radiology. the findings suggest that a diagnostic mammogram after screening dbt is unnecessary, thus sparing women additional radiation exposure. more