ARDMS SKILLS 4+

Too much

I have 5! That I will have to take.. if this replaces the 30 CME’s then I see the point but to require both is soooo much. We are already stressed from the workload and decrease in techs, and if you now require even more… I’m afraid you will push even more into retirement or not maintaining credentials at all. Increase in dues, increase in requirements, decrease in sonographers… NOT A GOOD COMBO

Developer Response ,

Hey, atiredsonographer! I hear you: life is busy. Fortunately, we're in the process of developing and reviewing the Knowledge Confirmation and Maintenance of Certification program details alongside this pilot version of the SKILLS App. If you have specific thoughts to share about the program itself (and it sounds like you do!), you're in luck – we're collecting feedback now at ardms.org/skills-feedback. Hope this helps, and thanks for sharing! Cheers from Nicole and the SKILLS App Team

Sid RDCS

I am already displeased about having to be tethered to apple corporation my entire life because I have a banking app that has to be periodically updated and which means I don’t get to choose whether I want to participate in this great new world of technology. A place where I’m forced to I purchase a phone every two years and the prices are getting ridiculous. Now you want to seal the deal and tether me with additional required quizzes through an application. Think about what the long term implication of implementing this and forcing people to have to upgrade to the latest iOS whether they want to or not.

And not to mention the 30 hours that are already required. Don’t be like apple and Google and everybody else trying to get ahead by doing too much. Look at Facebook now. They are software developers ruining a once enjoyable experience because of over management.
Watch that movie with George Clooney “Up in the Air”, her great idea saves money but isn’t the right way for what they do as a business. Ask yourself, can we make everyone download an app as a requirement?

App won’t update quizzes

I haven’t had any new quizzes since the first quarter of this year (Jan. - Mar. 2023) for any of the five specialties in which I’m registered. A brief web search seems to suggest that quite a few other users have a similar issue, without an obvious/consistent solution.

The quizzes themselves weren’t so bad, although I remember working through them as being a bit slow and clunky. It’s just frustrating to be ‘required’ to complete something I can’t even access.