Locuming in Canada
Ever considering taking your sono skills further afield? Fellow sono and overseas adventurer Jess Hodge tells us about her experience (a few years back now) registering in the Great White North. Registration Technically, sonography isn’t a regulated profession in many areas of Canada, but employers would usually require you to be a […]
Intel from Bermuda
A very intrepid sono went on a four month locum in Bermuda a few years back. How cool! He’s given us some info to share with our crew in case there are more travel junkies out there looking for something fun… “The health system here is based on the US system, so everyone has […]
Rad(Aid) Time in Ethiopia!
Julian Gallardo has been locuming on and off with SFS since 2018 and always has something FUN going on! Here’s a little recap of his time volunteering as a volunteer sono in Ethiopia! ETHIOPIA?! Interesting! How did you come to work with Rad-Aid and tell us a bit about their process… I have a […]
RSI – The Right Side of Injury
Not one to let RSI get in the way of life, Lynette Hassall forged on and carved herself a cracking career in education, clinical apps and now reaps the rewards with an incredibly varied role working in POCUS for FujiFilm Sonosite. Tell us about your sono background I completed the DMU (General) in 1994, […]
Running Sonos For Sonos
Not one to sit around when she has a good idea, in the middle of locum life, Prue hatched a plan to create a locuming agency that catered solely to sonographers. Seven years in and no regrets! Give us your sono-stats! Pretty simple, really: Radiography – QUT in Bris ( 2005-2007), PDY at Wesley in […]
Switching to Apps (& beyond!)
Highly skilled and highly enthusiastic about sonography and all the opportunities possible, Brett Ayres loves what he does day to day even though he NEVER thought he’d make the switch to the corporate world. He has a qualifications list that requires dot-points (enviable in length!) and continues to be heavily connected and enamoured with clinical […]
Happy Scanning
With a self-confessed love of anatomy, Stephen Bird has built his ultrasound education business from years of surrounding himself with the best ultrasound minds and mentors, shaping his skills and knowledge as he went. Tell us about your sono background In 1989 I started my professional life as a qualified radiographer working at the […]
What’s in a society?
Professional development is important for sonographers as it is regularly linked to job satisfaction. However, at times, it can be difficult to attain due to life-circumstances, employment, and geographical location. One way of attaining both CPD points and achieving some of our own professional goals, is by joining a society. Many of these societies are set […]
Sono Feature – Being Your Own Boss
Ever considered setting up your own imaging practice? We talked to Jarrod French on his motivations and experience setting up his sonographer run clinic in Burnie and why he’s branched out to create a franchising option. As a teenager, Jarrod had an x-ray on his ankle and a conversation with the radiographer led him to […]
Volunteering – Vietnam
Allison Kearns, adventure, travel and outdoors queen, has lived and worked in locum and permanent roles across Canada, New Zealand and Australia. Say WHAT?! You went to Vietnam for work? Tell us more! I went to Hanoi, Vietnam for 5 days with 5 other Radiology Across Borders (RAB) volunteers to deliver the VITAL PROJECT. […]
Breaking the Mould – In Bali!
MSK Australia sono Matt Gourlay gives us the background as to why he and 2 others broke out of the scanning room and delved into the world of providing CPD – they’ve been running fun, good quality conferences in Bali and Noosa for six years now. How did MSK Australia come about? The Australian conference […]
Endometriosis – Resource Yourself
Endometriosis is a very topical issue in ultrasound currently and for good reason – it is estimated to affect 1 in 7 Australian women and people assigned female at birth. It can wreak havoc on people’s lives causing pain, infertility, and poor quality of life. And while surgery has historically been the primary method of […]