Joan Baker’s Journey
There have been many contributions to the sonography field in past years. Many pioneers have come up with new ways to improve the sonography profession. Numerous improvements have been made ranging from new technologies, medical devices, organizations, and making the work environment of the sonographer a safer place. Joan Baker has played an important role in sonography, since she has created organizations, taught sonography ergonomics, and has an award given in her honor.
Story
Joan Baker was raised and got her education in England (About Us, 2016). She arrived to the United States 1965, because she got an invitation from Stanford Medical Center, to open the department of ultrasound (About Us, 2016). She concentrated her education in radiography and studied at the Liverpool University from 1956 – 1958. After graduating from radiography, she had the opportunity to work at the St Mary's Hospital located in Paddington, London. She performed invasive x-ray (Baker, 2016). In 1961, she was under the supervision of James Bull, MD. Her duties were to conduct echoencephalograms at the National Hospital for Nervous Disease situated in Queen Square, London (Baker, J., 2005). The Stanford Medical Center sent her an …show more content…
She served as the president of the SDMS from 1997-1999 (SDMS Board History, 2016). According to the SDMS, “The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) is a professional membership organization founded in 1970 to promote, advance, and educate its members and the medical community in the science of diagnostic medical sonography (About, 2016). It is a great advantage to be a member of the SDMS, since being a great sonographer not only is beneficial for the sonographer, but also for the patient. If the sonographer is competent, then the patient will feel more comfortable during the procedure. The SDMS counts with more than 27,000 members (About,
There have been many contributions to the sonography field in past years. Many pioneers have come up with new ways to improve the sonography profession. Numerous improvements have been made ranging from new technologies, medical devices, organizations, and making the work environment of the sonographer a safer place. Joan Baker has played an important role in sonography, since she has created organizations, taught sonography ergonomics, and has an award given in her honor.
Story
Joan Baker was raised and got her education in England (About Us, 2016). She arrived to the United States 1965, because she got an invitation from Stanford Medical Center, to open the department of ultrasound (About Us, 2016). She concentrated her education in radiography and studied at the Liverpool University from 1956 – 1958. After graduating from radiography, she had the opportunity to work at the St Mary's Hospital located in Paddington, London. She performed invasive x-ray (Baker, 2016). In 1961, she was under the supervision of James Bull, MD. Her duties were to conduct echoencephalograms at the National Hospital for Nervous Disease situated in Queen Square, London (Baker, J., 2005). The Stanford Medical Center sent her an …show more content…
She served as the president of the SDMS from 1997-1999 (SDMS Board History, 2016). According to the SDMS, “The Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonography (SDMS) is a professional membership organization founded in 1970 to promote, advance, and educate its members and the medical community in the science of diagnostic medical sonography (About, 2016). It is a great advantage to be a member of the SDMS, since being a great sonographer not only is beneficial for the sonographer, but also for the patient. If the sonographer is competent, then the patient will feel more comfortable during the procedure. The SDMS counts with more than 27,000 members (About,