ARDMS Prerequisite Prep Tool

First-Time Applicants – must select a prerequisite that best meets your education and clinical ultrasound experience. This tool is to help guide you through the prerequisite selection process.

A note for repplicants – A re-applicant is a Candidate or Registrant who has previously applied and been approved by ARDMS to take or has taken an ARDMS examination and who is applying to take another examination; this does not include an individual who has only been approved for MSKS, MW examinations and approval of the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation (SPI) examination under the SPI Examination Requirement Pathway. Re-applicants should apply as such and thus this guide isn’t necessary for you.

To earn an ARDMS credential, applicants must pass two comprehensive examinations: (1) the Sonography Principles & Instrumentation (SPI) examination; and (2) at least one corresponding specialty examination. The examinations may be taken in any order but must be passed within five years of each other.