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773 Attend ASET 2018 Embracing the NOLA Spirit

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ASET 2018 marked the Society’s 59th Annual Conference, held in New Orleans, LA, from August 16-18, 2018. The conference included two pre-conference workshops, more than 70 concurrent sessions divided into four tracks each day, three amazing Plenary Session speakers, poster viewings, a vibrant Exhibit Hall, and a Symposium to close out the record-breaking conference with more than 737 in attendance! Since 1992 only five annual conferences achieved attendance greater than this year’s conference. ” The NOLA spirit was felt in every corner of the conference space,” said Susan Agostini, ASET President.

  

The first Plenary Session kicked off with Cynthia Christie, CLM presenting on “Critical Thinking for the Health Care Team: Accelerated Skill Building.” Attendees participated in a special activity aimed at improving the outcome of decision-making steps in a team environment. On Day 2, Dr. Aatif Husain, M.D., was the Ellen Grass Memorial Lecturer. Dr. Husain presented on “Clinical Neurophysiology in the Treatment of Diseases.” Cathy Boldery, R. EEG/EP T., RPSGT, CNIM, CCT, FASET, was our Kathleen Mears Memorial Lecturer, whose session asked attendees to think about the most pertinent question of our times “How Can We Solidify the Future of Neurodiagnostic Technology?”

The annual conference is the perfect time to recognize those that impact the Neurodiagnostic community. Read the Board Briefings article to learn more about this year’s award recipients.

Embracing the NOLA Spirit

Attendees were asked to participate in our ASET 2018 Bucket List Scavenger Hunt this year, organized by the Marketing & Social Media Committee, to maximize their conference experience.  Bucket list items included tasks such as “Take a Photo with a Past-President” and “Submit a Photo with Your Credentials at the Photo Booth.” The slideshow below displays some of the photo entries that were uploaded via the scavenger hunt. We would like to thank all of our attendees that participated in the challenge. Winners were announced at the closing session and are listed here in the Marketing Committee portion of the Committee Corner. If you were a winner, but were not present at the closing session to receive your prize, please email Maliha Khan, ASET’s Marketing & Social Media Manager, at [email protected].

The Mardi Gras Indians paraded through the Welcome Reception in the Exhibit Hall this year.  The Mardi Gras Indians are a group of African Americans who pay homage to Native Americans by parading in Native American style beaded suits. In New Orleans and other places, the Native Americans helped African Americans during slavery. Slaves would run to the Indian areas and the Indians took them in to hide them from their slave masters. The Slaves were dressed as Indians in disguise, so the slave masters couldn’t recognize them. They often stayed and lived with the Indians, adopting their ways of life. Over a hundred years ago the parades started to celebrate this freedom. They celebrate with a combination of African, Native American, and original New Orleans drumming rhythms and song. The Mardi Gras Indians are a tradition that is handed down through generations by family and culture. It’s a way of life, sharing that Indian and African spirit of freedom and beauty to the neighbors of New Orleans and the world. We were glad to have the Mardi Gras Indians join us for the Welcome Reception. Attendees were handed masks and beaded necklaces at the entrance to join the celebration. Below see a video of the parade:

Thank you to those who attended and made our 59th Annual Conference a memorable one. We look forward to seeing our members in our hometown, Kansas City, MO, for ASET 2019 to be held from August 15-17, 2019. Stay tuned to ASET.org for more details coming soon.

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Committee Corner – Fall 2018

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Welcome to the Committee Corner, where you’ll find important updates from designated committees.

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ASET-CONTINUING EDUCATION COMMITTEE

Continuing Education Chair: Meredith Milton, R. EEG/EP T., RPSGT

For this issue of ASET News, we thought to provide you with the following infographic featuring tips from our committee. We hope you find it helpful.

Committee Members: Emily Kale, Magdalena Warzecha, Tina Miller, and Richard Vogel

Staff Liaisons: Faye McNall, Director of Education, Olivia Cottingham, Registration & CEU Manager

HISTORICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Chair: Brian Adkins, R. EEG T., CNIM

Hello everyone. It is truly amazing how time seems to fly by. It seems like yesterday that we were talking about preparations for the annual meeting in NOLA and here it is nearly a month past.  I wanted to say a special thank you to all of you who stopped by the HAC booth.  It was an honor to meet and talk with everyone.   I wanted to give a special thank you to Carol Bonar, Connie Kubiak, Christopher Moses and Cindy Swick for your time of hosting the booth with me.  We had some special moments including the opening of a time capsule from a disbanded local Neurodiagnostics chapter GNOEA (Greater New Orleans EEG Association).   Also, it was amazing to everyone’s reaction to the “paper” EEG records, even bringing some to tears.  What a good time we had!

Now as we say goodbye to NOLA, we now look ahead to ASET’s 60th Anniversary Meeting to be held in Kansas City next year.  The HAC will be working to create a wonderful display capturing where we have been as a Society for the past 60 years.  That’s six decades of technologists making a difference in the lives of our patients.  Not only will we have paper records but we will have a live Grass Model 8 running on a live patient.

Together with current members, the HAC invites the ASET members to assist us in collecting photos, along with descriptions, of past equipment and supplies used by technologist and physicians in the field of Neurodiagnostics. Once completed, these photos and descriptions will be placed into the Virtual Museum via the ASET website.  We are also pleased to let our membership know that we have continued a relationship with the Smithsonian Museum to help them collect historical Neurodiagnostic artifacts.  If you have any photos of your past equipment or supplies, please let us know, either communicating with me at [email protected] or forward to Olivia Cottingham at ASET ([email protected]).

We’d LOVE to hear from you.

Committee Members:  Connie Kubiak, Patti Baumgartner, Carol Bonar, Kelly Clement, Christopher Moses, and Michael Young.

Staff Liaison: Olivia Cottingham

MARKETING & SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE

Chair:  Meredith Milton, R. EEG/EP T., RPSGT

We hope you enjoyed engaging with ASET during the 2018 Annual Conference. Our mobile app adoption rate this year surpassed 100 percent, due to multiple downloads. Thank you to those of you who participated in the Scavenger Hunt. We loved seeing the photos come in and hope you enjoyed the contest. The winner of the Apple iPad sponsored by Ambu was Erica Collins. Additional prizes were awarded as listed below:

Cloe Spaeth – $200 VISA gift card sponsored by Cadwell Laboratories

Nicole Sadaf Owens – $100 VISA gift card sponsored by Rochester/AMC

Mandy Bridges – $100 VISA gift card sponsored by Rochester/AMC

Dana Gagnon – Real Time Neuromonitoring Gift Bag sponsored by RTNA

If you missed the Closing Session and were not able to pick up your prize, please email Maliha Khan, Marketing & Social Media Manager, at [email protected].

Additionally, we held a Poster Quiz contest again this year with the grand prize being a complimentary 3-day ASET 2019 Conference Registration. Congratulations to Jessica Santoro! We can’t wait to see you in Kansas City, MO, and celebrate 60 years of ASET.

In case you missed it, here’s a facebook live video that gives a glimpse into the Welcome Reception held on Friday, August 17.

Thank you to everyone who attended and helped make this conference a success. We truly enjoyed engaging with you. Next month, expect to see a social media campaign in support of Epilepsy Awareness Month. As Neurodiagnostic Technologists, we all know someone who has or is currently battling this disease. It is important that we show our support and help raise awareness. We hope that you will participate in our campaign to do just this.

Committee Members: Petra Davidson, Luann Helepololei, Latreece Holliday. Renee Maiberger, Erica Rappard, Jennifer Vierkant, and Patty Warf

Staff Liaison: Maliha Khan, Marketing & Social Media Manager

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

Chair: Cherie Young, R. EEG T., CNIM, FASET

The Membership Committee would like to remind members in the Active and Associate class that they can enroll in the Auto-Renewal program. This program helps save you time, keeps you in good standing with the Society, and ensures that you receive a full year of membership so you will not miss out on any benefits and services available. To enroll, follow these easy steps:

  1. Log into the member login boxes of the home page with your username and password.
  2. On the Members Only Welcome page, click on the Profile.
  3. Select the Settings/Renewal Settings option and then the Enroll Now
  4. Complete the short enrollment form with payment information. No charges occur at the time of enrollment. Two weeks before your membership expires, you will receive a reminder email about the pending renewal. You will not need to take any action. Credit card processing for membership dues (and chapter dues if applicable) will occur automatically one week before your membership expires and you will receive an emailed receipt of the transaction.

If you choose to not enroll in the Membership Auto-Renewal program, you can simply renew your membership online before 12/31/2018.

  1. Log into the member login boxes of the home page with your username and password.
  2. On the Members Only Welcome page, scroll down and click on the bulleted item, Renew Online Individual Membership.
  3. From the Membership Renewal Form, verify your contact information is correct and enter in your payment information.
  4. Click Submit.

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New Member-Get-A-Member Reward Program

Have you heard about our Member-Get-A-Member Program? Any member in good standing of the Society who sponsors a new Active member will receive a $10 ASET gift certificate for use in purchasing any item in the ASET store, including webinar and online course registrations. To receive an ASET gift certificate by sponsoring a new Active member, all you need to do is have him or her enter your name where it asks for the “Sponsor’s Name/Who Introduced you to ASET” on either the hard copy or online member application form. When ASET receives the new Active member application, you will be notified by email about your certificate. Please keep your account information updated. ASET certificates will be mailed to the address we have on file for you.

There is no limit on the amount of credit that you can earn. The more new Active members that you sponsor, the more gift certificates you can accumulate. In addition, it does not matter what time of year the new Active member application is received. Even though the first-year dues are prorated, you can still receive the gift certificate simply by being a sponsor as long as you are a current member in good standing.

Some tips for recruiting your coworkers and colleagues:

  • Print the membership application and in the sponsoring member field, enter your name. Then, tell them how your membership in ASET has helped you and why you think they could equally benefit. Hand them the application, and invite them to join. To print the membership application form click here.
  • Take a couple minutes from your day to walk them through the online application process and when it asks who introduced them to ASET, make sure they enter your name. To access the online form click here

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PROFILE UPDATE REMINDER

Please remember to update your profile with your most current information to avoid delivery issues with your membership card, journals and notifications about upcoming events. If you have moved, gotten a new phone number or email, or received a new credential, you can update your profile by following these four easy steps:

  1. Log into your membership account at aset.org.
  2. Click on Profile.
  3. Under Contact Info you can edit your main contact information, including email, address, phone, credentials andlogin.
  4. Make sure to click update on each tab to save your updates.

If you have problems updating your information, simply email your changes to Kathy Wolff at [email protected].  ASET is dedicated to providing you, its members, with exceptional service and products for your continued success in the Neurodiagnostic profession.

Staff Liaison: Kathy Wolff, Membership Manager

NEURODIAGNOSTIC AND PATIENT ADVOCACY TASK FORCE (NAPA)

Chair:  Cheryl Plummer, BS, R. EEG T., CLTM, FASET

There was a presentation at the recent ASET conference introducing attendees to the Neurodiagnostic and Patient Advocacy (NAPA) Task Force titled A Task Force Cultivating Recognition For You.  It was presented by NAPA member, Judy Ahn-Ewing, BA, R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, CLTM, FASET.

The ASET NAPA Task Force was created to build awareness about the need for professional competence as it relates to patient safety by developing goals and strategies that will publicize the need for qualified, credentialed and licensed technologists. In the August presentation, Judy explained projects this task force is conducting to inform patient advocacy groups, hospital administrators, risk managers, HR personnel, and the Joint Commission. Messaging will focus on the potential risks related to patient safety, quality and medico-legal aspects of performing neurodiagnostic procedures. Ms. Ahn-Ewing also discussed future plans to work with organizations such as the Epilepsy Foundation to further stress the importance of professional competence as demonstrated by professional credentials, national standards of practice, and, ultimately, state licensure.

NAPA welcomes new member Nicklous D. Morrisette R.EEGT., CNIM.

Task Force Members: Mary Betinis, R. EEG T., Elizabeth Bouffanie, R. EEG T., CNIM, Judy Ahn-Ewing BA, R EEG/EP T,  CNIM, CLTM, FASET, Richard Foy, MBA, MSHA, Kathryn Hansen BS, CPC, CPMA, Adam Kornegay, LPN, R. EP T., CNIM, Cindy Miller,  R. EEG T.,CNIM, R. NCS T., Nicklous D. Morrisette R.EEG T., CNIM, Elizabeth Mullikin, R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, Marc Nuwer, M.D., PhD

Staff Liaison: Maureen Carroll, BS, CNIM,  R. EEG T., RPSGT, Online Education Developer

RESEARCH COMMITTEE

Chair: Christine Scott Blodgett, MA, R. EEG/EP T., CLTM, FASET

The Research Committee continues to collect quarterly data about employment trends in the Neurodiagnostic Technology profession. These data will be presented to the membership at the end of the year and the RC will continue to collect quarterly data to update the membership on employment trends in the market annually and with comparisons from year to year.

Additionally, the RC is developing a project proposal to present to the Board of Trustees during the November monitoring meeting, which focuses on monitoring accuracy and the extent to which the number of monitors influences the accuracy of seizure detection.  We are still in the early stages of planning this project, but once developed and approved by the BOT, we will be recruiting ASET members and 2019 conference attendees to assist us with the goal of advocating for patient safety by determining the safest patient-to-technologist ratio for Long-Term Monitoring in Epilepsy.

Committee Members: William J. Bosl, Ph.D., Melissa Cobos, BS, R. EEG T., Margie Dieter-Murphy, R. EEG/EP T., Brian Galdis, BS, R. EEG T., CLTM, Todd Ham, BS, R. EEG T., CLTM. Rebecca Khozein, MBA, DOM, MS, R. EEG/EP T., RPSGT, R.NCS.T., Jacob Myers, BS, R. EEG T., Jie Zhang, BS. R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, CLTM, FASET

Staff Liaison: Anna Bonner, BA, R. EEG T., RPSGT, Director of Publications

STANDARDS AND PRACTICES COMMITTEE 

Chair: Linda Kelly, BS, R. EEG/EP T., R.NCS.T., CNCT, FASET 

The S&P welcomes Pat Lordeon, R. EEG T., FASET, of Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and Erik Padilla, MBA, R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, CLTM, of Ann & Robert Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago to the committee!!  

One of the goals of the S&P is to keep the ASET job descriptions up to date. We currently have subject matter experts evaluating and making recommendations for changes to these documents and we hope that before the end of the year we will have these open for public comment. It is important for us as a profession, to stay abreast of changes that may impact our practice. We are also working to create a new job description for a Neurophysiology Information Systems Analyst and for emerging technologies, such as MEG and Autonomics. As ABRET creates new exams for specialized modalities, we as practitioners want to remain involved and continue to pursue credentials that validate our competence.  

The S&P has also been tasked by the BOT to develop guidelines for writing Technical Descriptions for EEG and Long-Term Monitoring. We are always open to feedback and meeting needs to support our profession, after all, we work for you, the membership. Please feel free to contact us and/or the Liaison, Anna Bonner, for inquiries and suggestions.  

Committee Members: Susan Agostini, R. EEG/EP T., CLTM, FASET, Denise Bates, MBA/HCM, R. EP T., CNIM, Rebecca Khozein, MBA, DOM, MS, R. EEG/EP T., RPSGT, R.NCS.T., Trei King, BA, R. EEG T., CNIM, Pat Lordeon, R. EEG T., FASET, Erik Padilla, MBA, R. EEG/EP T., CNIM, CLTM, Cheryl Plummer, BS, R. EEG T., CLTM, FASET 

Staff Liaison: Anna Bonner, BA, R. EEG T., RPSGT, Director of Publications

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