Lowering Your Risk for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSD) Webinar

Webinar Description: 

ARDMS is proud to present Lowering Your Risk for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WRMSD). This webinar will provide a brief update on the 2021 longitudinal survey of all ultrasound users and discuss the reported rate of musculoskeletal discomfort, headaches, and eye strain.  The reported rate of 86% of participants working in pain represents a continued risk for career ending injury, among sonographers and vascular technologists.

The moderator and panelists will cover some specific ergonomic dimensions and contextual ways to reduce the risk of WRMSD.  Areas of focus that continue to need risk reduction are equipment personalization, computer workstation customization, and administrative support.  54% of the 2021 survey respondents, indicated that they completed ergonomics training however our moderator and panelists will work to not only increase that total but also nest it in every day sonographic practice.

This event is eligible for one (1) free waived CME!*

Once you’ve watched the webinar, please take a few minutes to complete this brief survey to receive your one (1) waived CME credit!*

Post webinar surveys submitted between 12/27 and 12/31 will be uploaded by 1/9/2024 and will count towards CMEs earned in 2023. Post webinar surveys submitted after 12/31 will not be accepted towards a waived CME. 

Moderated by: Kevin D. Evans, PhD, RT, RDMS, RVS, FSDMS, FAIUM
Professor Emeritus, within The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine and School of Health and Rehabilitation Services

Dr. Evans is a professor emeritus, within The Ohio State University’s College of Medicine and School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Kevin has extensive clinical practice experience, having managed and worked as a sonographer, vascular technologist, radiographer, and as an academic administrator, for over 30 years. He is the director of the Laboratory for Investigatory Imaging, which was established in 2005 to conduct original research. The lab and staff specialize in image analysis, simulation, and cardiovascular research due to continuous extramural funding from federal, state, private foundations, and commercial contracts.   Kevin is the current editor-in-chief of the Journal of Diagnostic Medical Sonography. He is a past chair of both the American Registry of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) and the ARDMS Breast Foundation. He is a past president of the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) and the SDMS Educational Foundation. He has over 200 publications, including journal articles, abstracts, multiple textbook chapters, and his own textbook. Kevin was the 2019 recipient of the Distinguished Sonographer Award, presented by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.

Panelists:

Mishella Perez, BS, RDMS, RDCS, FAIUM

Mishella is a Clinical Ultrasound Educator specializing in high-risk obstetrics and fetal echocardiography at Scripps Health, Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine in San Diego, California. She has over 16 years of experience in academic and community health practices serving as a clinical instructor and coordinator, faculty lecturer, and clinical ultrasound educator for Departments of Radiology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, and Maternal-fetal Medicine teaching ultrasound students,  sonographers, residents, fellows, and faculty. Mishella is a member of various societies, serving to ensure she gets the highest quality of ultrasound education to teach others. She is an active member of the Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) and Fetal Echocardiography community of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) in which she is currently serving as Vice-Chair for the Obstetrics Community of Practice. Mishella serves on the Education, Conference, and Sonographer Committees for the Fetal Heart Society. She is also a member of the International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) and the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS).

Stacey Smith, BS, RDCS

Stacey is a senior level sonographer at the University of Rochester Medical Center in the Advanced Echocardiography Lab where she participates in a wide variety of procedures including transthoracic echocardiograms, stress echocardiograms, interventional procedures and LVAD optimization studies. She has worked in a variety of echo labs and has experience in fetal, pediatric and adult echo.

Aubrey Rybyinski, BS, RDMS, RVT, FSDMS

Aubrey is the NAVIX Senior Clinical Manager based at Cooper University Department of Vascular Surgery, holding credentials from the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS) in abdominal, breast, neurosonography, OB/GYN and vascular technology. He earned his BS in Diagnostic Medical Sonography at Advent Health University in Orlando, FL in 2009 and an AAS in Diagnostic Medical Sonography at Rowan College of Gloucester County in Sewell, NJ in 2007. Additionally, Aubrey has authored chapters in several popular medical textbooks while lecturing extensively on a multitude of ultrasound topics. Aubrey collaborated in the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM) Practice Principles for Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders published in 2023.  Aubrey actively volunteers for many professional organizations, currently serving the Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS), as Secretary, the SDMS Foundation on the Board of Directors, and the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) Vascular Testing section as a Board Director. He was elevated to Fellow member of SDMS in 2021.

This webinar is brought to you free-of-charge by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography (ARDMS), part of the non-profit Inteleos family of certification alliances.

*Participants who attend the live event (or watch the recording through December 31, 2023) and complete the post webinar survey (which includes providing an accurate ARDMS/APCA ID number), will be waived one (1) CME towards their ARDMS/APCA CME requirements. For Active ARDMS/APCA Registrants, the CME will automatically be uploaded within three (3) weeks to the participant’s account (provided the accurate ID number is included on the survey). Please note: attending the live event and watching the recording will not allow you to claim two (2) CME waivers. This event is only eligible for one (1) CME waiver.