Why you should come to Atlanta for the ASET 2011 Annual Conference!

Five reasons to come to Atlanta for the ASET Annual Conference:

1)     To be inspired by our Keynote address on the futuristic inventions the military is developing using EEG and enhancing brain function.

2)    To hear our Ellen Grass Lecturer, from the CDC, discuss neurological diseases that are emerging globally.

3)    To hear our Kathy Mears Lecturer, Elizabeth Mullikin, explain how the upcoming health care reform will affect YOU!

4)    To hear about the wonderful work of the canine assistant, the seizure response dog.

5)    To listen to a variety of short abstracts about many new discoveries and practices in neurodiagnostics, and view posters filled with information that will intrigue you. 

Six great lectures from our course program:

1)    Safety Standards in the EMU – we are fortunate to have Jan Buelow, Ph.D., R.N. on the program, as she is nationally recognized for her work with epilepsy.  Patient safety and quality of care are our highest priorities, and this talk will ensure that your patients will be safer while on your monitoring unit!

2)    Interactive Workshop, Trouble-shooting in the O.R.  -  Kimberly Ellis and Brett Netherton will keep you on your toes with this dynamic workshop.  You will learn a lot and love every minute of it!

3)    The Vestibular System and VNG testing – Emily Murphy works in the most advanced vestibular lab in the world!  See how high tech this testing has become!

4)    Infection control for Neurodiagnostic Technologists – With the epidemic of hospital-based infections, it is important to stay current on infection control recommendations! Robyn Selawski has the latest information to share with you!

5)    First contact with Leadership Skills – Dorothy Gaiter and T.J. Amdurs will tell you why you need to build your leadership skills now, to ensure that you will be essential to your department as health care form changes our work environment.

6)    Panel Discussion – IONM Oversight and Supervision Issues – This lively discussion may not provide all the answers but you can bet it pose all the questions!  What are our roles??  Who should provide supervision, and from how far away?? What should we do when we encounter a problem during an O.R. case??  How can we best keep our patients from injury?

View the entire meeting schedule!

Get your CEUs in the most informative and interesting way possible!  Register now!

Reserve your hotel room and the Hilton Atlanta!  Our room block expires on July 1 and rooms are going fast!

Last Day to Register for the ASET Annual Conference at the Early Bird Rate!

Please note!  Wednesday, June 1 is the last day that you can register for the ASET annual conference at the early bird registration rate!   Please go to the ASET website and register today to get the best possible price on the meeting registration fee! 

Message from the Mother Ship to ALL Aliens:  You have a new mission quest in the learning portal!  Clue: Check the articles on TCD in the Journal Archives

We have put together a really stellar program for the 2011 ASET annual conference in Atlanta!  You can view the entire schedule of events at our website.  We will be applying to AAST for CECs for the PSG course that we are holding on Saturday, July 30^th, so sleep technologists seeking recertification, please take note!  Our General Session includes exciting presentations!  We have a Symposium on “out-of-the-box” opportunities for technologists, and our Keynote Speaker is a member of an exclusive research team of the military, who invent devices for soldiers to use that are very “Sci_Fi”!

In Atlanta we also have our first ever “Synapse Bowl” on July 30th, and this will be a fun-filled way to learn!  This is a quiz bowl, with a Jeopardy game format.  We need teams of four to compete!  There will be very worthwhile prizes for the winning team!  We have a sign-up sheet for anyone who wishes to compete, on our website.

It is with great sadness that I must share with you, the passing of a great member of ASET, Gary March.  He was a wonderful colleague, a talented teacher, and brought humor to ASET meetings, always willing to do a skit!  Gary worked at Albany Medical Center for many years, and started his own END business.  He was only 56,  and was ill for a very short time. His loss is tragic, and I will miss him as a personal friend, and an ASET supporter!

Scholarships still available! You have a chance of getting one!

     ASET has several scholarships available for the ASET annual conference.  There is an April 27 deadline to submit an application and I encourage anyone who would like to attend, but does not have funding, to fill out an application.  I am always amazed at how few ASET members actually do take advantage of this opportunity! Techs at all levels of their career are considered equally for this scholarship.  Because so few people apply, you have a very good chance of winning!   Also, a reminder to students:  The John Archibald Student Scholarship has an April 25th deadline, and this scholarship awards $400 cash toward travel expenses as well as a 4-day registration!

    The ASET 2011 Conference Brochure will be mailing out soon, and the conference schedule is now posted on our website.

    We are seeking nominations for the Theda Sannit Outstanding Educator award.  Please check our website for more information.  There is a May 15th deadline for submitting a nomination.  Please check the ASET website for instructions.

     I just returned from the Charles E. Henry Society's annual conference, in the Finger lakes region of N.Y. state.  I was invited to give the Lewis Kull Keynote address for this organization, and since Lew was a dear personal friend of mine, I was very honored.  This group worked very hard, and hosted a fantastic meeting in a very pretty location. 

     Last month, I traveled to Houston, for the ASET Spring Seminar Courses.  Our host was Texas Children's Hospital, which has a very beautiful conference facility.  All of the staff there, and all those who served as faculty really extended themselves, and their "Southern Hospitality" to make this a very successful meeting.  Our attendance was very good, and response to the courses was overwhelmingly positive.  My thanks goes to Rob Patterson, and all the techs who helped us throughout the weekend!

Welcome to Faye's ASET Education Blog!

This blog replaces my newsletter column.  And the best thing about this is, that now I can post entries more often, whenever I have news to share with you!  I will be announcing new posts on Twitter.  Anyone who finds the ASET website will be able to read the ASET Education blog, not just current members of ASET.  This is important because so many technologists are just looking for information and advice, and they come to ASET.  I am hoping that once they find out how much ASET has to offer, they will become members.

News of the week:  I have finalized the ASET 2011 Annual Conference Program!  The Program Committee and Course Directors have been working with me since January to make this happen!  We have some very new and exciting topics this year!  The conference brochure will be mailed out in April.