title: Guidelines for cardiac sonographer education: recommendations of the American Society of Echocardiography Sonographer Training and Education Committee.
abstract: In 1992, the American Society of Echocardiography published a report of the Sonographer Education and Training Committee's recommendations for education of sonographers who perform echocardiographic procedures. Since the publication of the original document, there has been continual progress in technology with the development of more sophisticated diagnostic applications that allow more information to be obtained from echocardiographic procedures. These recent changes in the clinical application of echocardiography should be included in all cardiac sonographer education programs. The American Society of Echocardiography, a professional society that currently represents approximately 2500 cardiac sonographers, provides these updated guidelines.
authors.affiliation: American Society of Echocardiography Sonographer Training and Education Committee, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ehler
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Carney
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rigling
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kraft
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Witt
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Kimball
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Sisk
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Geiser
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Gresser
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Waggoner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D002648:Child; D003287:Contrast Media; D003406:Credentialing; D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000592:standards; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000592:standards; D004496:Education, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media