CHCS - Perspectives - Summer/Fall 2014

PERSPECTIVES • SUMMER–FALL 2014 28 CARDIOVASCULAR SONOGRAPHY Tampa NSU Tampa’s Cardiovascular Sonography Program success- fully completed its onsite visit for initial program accreditation, which took place on January 27. We were happy to welcome the site review team from the Joint Review Committee for Car- diovascular Technology (JRC-CVT), which is a subcommittee of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Pro- grams (CAAHEP). The review team included William Goding, M.Ed., RRT, di- rector of the JRC-CVT, and Sister Marie Buckley, M.S., CIJ, RCPT, site reviewer for the JRC-CVT. Sister Buckley is profes- sor emeriti at Molloy College and also serves as a reviewer for the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. The summary provided by the JRC-CVT review team was very positive, with zero deficiencies found. Thanks to everyone involved in the preparation for and sup- port of this key event, the visit was a resounding success. Kudos are extended to the Cardiovascular Sonography faculty and staff team, our wonderfully supportive administrative staff at the Tampa Campus, our students who also participated in the site visit, Stanley Wilson, Ed.D, CHCS dean, our advisory board members, and our medical directors Arthur Labovitz, M.D., and Murray Shames, M.D., who were instrumental in their support and involvement. The Cardiovascular Sonography Program at NSU’s Tampa Campus was created to meet an increasing overall demand for sonographers, and specifically for entry-level sonographers who are thoroughly trained in two of the major specialties of diag- nostics medical ultrasound—cardiac sonography and vascular sonography. Our program provides students with intensive hands-on training and education in both of these ultrasound specialties, combined with one year of structured clinical ex- ternship. Graduation from the program qualifies students to apply for both the cardiac sonography and vascular sonography national professional registry exams with the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography. CVs – TAMPA Initial Accreditation Visit Successfully Completed By sam Yoders, M.H.sc. Cardiovascular sonography Tampa Program Director The faculty members of the Medical Sonography Pro- gram were very proud to have a great representation of the program and the university. In August, two of our M.H.Sc. students served as presenters at the Society for Vascular Ultrasound (SVU) Annual Conference and Exhi- bition in Lake Buena Vista, Florida: class of 2014 students Kayla Wieseckel and Melissa Warren, who served as Stu- dent Government Association (SGA) class representatives and at the same time managed to succeed academically. Wieseckel, who earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and Exercise and Sports Science from NSU, also competed on the university’s NCAA division II row- ing team while pursuing her undergraduate degree. As a medical sonography student, she served as the SGA treas- urer while earning placement on the Dean’s List several times. She completed her clinical externship at Baptist Hospital in Miami and served as the student board repre- sentative for the SVU. While in this role, she had the op- portunity to attend vascular sonography conferences in Chicago and Puerto Rico. Wieseckel presented a lecture at the SVU Conference on the topic “How to Avoid Be- coming a Patient,” where she provided strategies to assist in the prevention of common overuse injuries inherent to the sonography profession. Warren received a Bachelor of Science degree in Preclin- ical Allied Health from the University of Central Florida in Orlando and minored in Health Services Administration. She completed her clinical externship at UF Health and Shands at the University of Florida in Gainesville and was the student representative for the Florida Regional Vascular Society—an affiliate of the SVU. Warren, who served as the medical sonography SGA vice president, earned place- ment on the Chancellor’s List during the last three semes- ters and is a member of the NSU academic honors fraternity Delta Epsilon Iota. During the SVU conference, Warren presented a case study on the utility of vascular ul- trasound in the identification of an uncommon complica- tion experienced from an endovascular surgical procedure. The title of her presentation was “Utility of Arterial Duplex Imaging for Characterizing Complications Arising from a Maldeployed Endovascular Stent.” MeDICAL sOnOgRAPHY sTUDenTs SHINE By Patricia Toribio, M.H.sc. , RVT Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator MEDICAL SONOGRAPHY Fort Lauderdale