The sonographic medical act
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The sonographic medical act Cosima Schiavone1 · Roberto Grassi2 · Michele Bertolotto3 · Carmelo Privitera4 · Giovanni Iannetti5 · Fabrizio Calliada6 · Vito Cantisani7 Received: 23 July 2020 / Accepted: 24 July 2020 / Published online: 23 September 2020 © Società Italiana di Ultrasonologia in Medicina e Biologia (SIUMB) 2020
Introduction The Italian Society of Ultrasonography in Medicine and Biology (SIUMB) and the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM) have jointly deemed it appropriate to prepare a document on the sonographic medi‑ cal act outlining the characteristics of the said act and the physician sonologist’s education and competencies. Over the last 10 years, SIUMB and SIRM have organized training activities in the field of diagnostic sonographic imaging. SIUMB was founded in 1987 and has among its institu‑ tional purposes that of stimulating and developing studies of the application of sonography in the field of Medicine and Biology. Since its foundation in 1913, SIRM has had among its institutional aims the cultural updating of Radiology spe‑ cialists and training in the study of biomedical imaging, including sonography, in terms of the physical, biological
and diagnostic features as well as radiation protection and computerization [1]. SIUMB and SIRM have organized—and still organ‑ ize—numerous joint training activities aimed at the devel‑ opment of sonographic imaging and training of physician sonologists. The two societies represent about 14,000 phy‑ sicians whose professional activity is clearly defined and documented. It is, therefore, the responsibility of these two scientific Societies to issue a joint document stating the characteristics of the sonographic medical act and the education of physi‑ cian sonologists [2].
Rationale Preparation of a document dealing with the sonographic medical act was necessary for the following reasons: • The use of sonographic imaging is not properly regu‑
* Cosima Schiavone [email protected] 1
Unit of Internistic Ultrasound, SSD Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine and Science of Aging, G.D’Annunzio University, Chieti‑Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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Medical‑Surgical Department of Clinical and Experimental Internistics “F. Magrassi and A.Lanzara”, Faculty Medicineand Surgery, II University of Naples, Naples, Italy
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U.O.C. Radiology Cattinara Hospital, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Complex Operative Unit of Radiology, Vittorio Emanuele Hospital, Catania, Italy
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UOSD Internistic Ultrasound, Pescara Hospital, Pescara, Italy
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Department of Clinical Surgical, Diagnostic and Pediatric Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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UOS of Diagnostic and Ultrasonographic Innovations, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy
lated in legal terms. This has led to an uncontrolled rise in requests for sonographic imaging services performed by operators whose competence is not clearly defined and documented. The current legislation does not require any specialty training and/or qualifica
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