SDSRT Student Intern Perspective

2.  Conference
 Meetings/Educational Seminars
 Pin Exchange and Flag Ceremony
 Topics of Discussion
 New Friends (smiley face)
 SDSRT
 Application Process

3.  74 Students at 2014 Conference and delegates from every state
excluding Hawaii

4.  SDSRT Board Members and Rapid City Student Whitney Bartels

5. • Arrived on Wednesday June 25th to Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando
• Received schedule of events and mandatory SLDP activities

6.  Governance 101 – SLDP intro
 Business Meetings – annual report (activity of organization),
discussed membership growth, nominated board members
for next year
 Bylaws Open Forum/House of Delegates meeting – proposed
amendments, discussion, voting delegates (mostly word
changes)
 Educational symposiums – Walk through Imaging Pathology,
Understanding Autism for Imaging, Harassment, Culture and
Customer Service: Are we Doing it Right?
 Chapter Meetings – Cardiovascular-Interventional,
Sonography, Military
 Parliamentary Procedure

8.  Pin exchange Thursday night
 Flag ceremony preceded House of Delegates first business meeting

9.  In SD, Radiologic Technologists are not recognized as medical
professionals…this affects patient care, quality standards, and even
hospital reimbursement rates
 What does this mean?
 We are fighting for state licensure --- CARE bill, RT in D.C.
 Digital Imaging Post-Processing
Technologists were illegally cropping images – L-spine Routine
*CT legal case. Scout was not sent through to PACS. Pathology
not seen in slices, but seen in scout.
 Digital Imaging Cropping or Masking
Ex. Chest X-ray with cones wide open. Bone lesion cropped out after
exposure. Patient died. They looked at original image…Technologist
was sued, fired, and lost their house.

14. Picture with President of the ASRT!

15.  South Dakota is a very active affiliate!
 Student Leader attends State Affiliate meeting and
a handful of board meetings
 Technologists and Doctors from around the state
give presentations
 Students present papers and display educational
boards
 2014 meeting - Sioux Falls
2015 meeting - Aberdeen

16.  Go to http://www.sdsrt.org/html/internships.html
 Scroll down to Application Procedure and read requirements
 It is a topic prompted paper! EASY
 Submit to SDSRT Senior Delegate (Kevin Lawrence) by Dec. 1st
Sue is a great resource and encourages all of you to participate  and if
you have questions she, Sarah, and myself would be happy to answer them!
NEXT YEAR IN ALBEQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO – ASRT Headquarters!
 Questions??