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Looking for opinions on credentialling for vascular from CCI or ARDMS, is one better than the other?

I am wanting to get my credentials in vascular sonography and am trying to decide between taking the CCI RVS board or the ARDMS RVT board.  For CCI it is one test incorporating both the physics and the vasc. tech. and for ARDMS it means taking the physics SPI test and the vasc. tech test. (since I was credentialled 12 years ago and only took my general physics at that time) I have heard that CCI is much more straight forward.  Does anyone have an opinion as to the difference or benefits between the two?  I would love to hear them.  Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Boatright on May 11, 2012 at 2:51pm

I faced this decision 8 years ago.  People with an ARDMS registry can be demeaning about the issue.  My experience has been wonderful with CCI, as I registered in echo and vascular.  The difference is that CCI is international, more customer friendly, and registers many different parts of hospital operations.  CCI registers invasive cardiac and vascular labs, for example.  You will not have a problem getting a hospital job with CCI.  ARDMS is a throw back that is better marketed.  The CCI exam has everything the ARDMS test has.  You will have to study hard for both.  Just tell everyone you are "registered" and you will be fine.  All they care about is if you can scan and if the insurance company will pay for it.

Permalink Reply by Matthew Boatright on May 11, 2012 at 3:57pm

I wanted to add to my comment about ARDMS being a throw back.  What I was trying to explain is that ARDMS is becoming an industry name for registered.  Like "Kleenex" means tissue.  You will often find that the doctors don't differentiate the terms.

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