4 Week ARDMS SPI Exam Study Plan

Studying for ARDMS SPI Exam but only have 4 weeks to prepare?

We got you! The optimal time to prep for ARDMS SPI Exam is about 45 days . . . so if you’ve got a good content base – you should be fine with a 4 week ARDMS SPI Exam study plan.

We’ve outlined what you need to do everyday to prep.

This ARDMS SPI Exam study plan includes content review, question practice, brain breaks, and mock exams.

Prepry has a 99.86% pass rate for those students who master all 810 questions. Download this SPI study plan cheatsheet and start prepping now.

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Failed the ARDMS ® SPI Exam? What to do if you failed the ARDMS ® SPI Exam.

According to the ARDMS ® SPI exam statistics, in 2020, only 76% of applicants passed the SPI exam on their first try. Study hard, and try, try again.

Keep your cool, and don't freak out! We assure you that everything will be fine. No, it's going to be fantastic! Really! Because failing the ARDMS ® SPI exam is not the end of the world, you can still have a very successful sonography career. Perhaps failing two times is a big deal, but if you use Prepry's iOS or Android app, that's unlikely to be the case.

When you first hear the news, try to stay positive and breathe. Talk to a person you care about who can bring you back to center. Have some tacos or your favorite comfort food. It is beneficial to step back, relax and regroup!

You can register to retake the test after 3 days, but must wait 60 days before you can retake the ARDMS SPI Exam. The good news is that you only need to pass the ARDMS ® SPI exam once before you can sit to take Abdomen, Breast, OB/GYN, Pediatric Sonography and Vascular Technology exams, which Prepry can completely assist you with! Prepry is an ARDMS and Exam app that uses spaced repetition to help you learn with increased efficiency, leading to improved exam results. Prepry will help you review ARDMS ® SPI exam content (that will undoubtedly be on the test) in a completely memorable manner. It's also far more interesting and beneficial than sonography flashcards. Download a free trial today but keep reading for advice on recovering from the initial shock of failing the ARDMS ® SPI exam. We assure you that it is not as bad as you think!

Forgiveness and Acceptance

The first and most crucial step in recovery is accepting the score and forgiving yourself for not doing well. Failing is awful and disappointing, but if you tell yourself things like, "I'm too stupid to be a sonographer, I should just give up," you'll never make it in sonography or anywhere else. Positive thoughts such as, "It's okay!" I'll crush it the next time! It will go a long way. Accept what occurred at the testing facility, forgive yourself, promise to do better next time, and move on. You can devise a strategy to avoid a repeat scenario in round two of the ARDMS ® SPI exam. Our advice? Make use of Prepry! We are confident that our sonography registry review app, with its 2700+ questions and spaced repetition, is the best out there. Our app is also available for free download and use! You can get a second opportunity. Prepry can aid you in crushing the ARDMS ® SPI exam!

Examine the Situation and the Reasons for Your Failure on the ARDMS ® SPI Exam

The SPI examination evaluates the SPI knowledge and skills you must demonstrate as a sonography professional. The primary test result is a PASS or FAIL decision. In addition, you will receive a scaled score, ranging from 300 to 700. A scaled score of 555 is required to pass all ARDMS examinations.
The scaled score is not a percentage of correct answers, nor is it built on a “curve” where a certain percentage of scores would pass and a certain percentage would fail. To learn more, visit Notification of Results and Scoring.

https://www.ardms.org/get-certified/spi/ 

Examine your score report. This part may be painful, but the sooner you figure out what happened, the sooner you can return to studying (and the sooner you'll have your sonographer credentials). Examine the information you were given and conduct a self-analysis to determine why you failed the ARDMS ® SPI exam. Did you study ineffectively? Maybe you were close to passing in most areas, but you didn't study as much as you should have or took shortcuts. It happens. You don't need to beat yourself up or make excuses; instead, figure out why you failed the ARDMS ® SPI exam so you can pass the next time. Most of us struggle with identifying our own weaknesses, this is what is awesome about Prepry. We help you identifying your own weaknesses, overcome test anxiety, identify content knowledge deficits, and understand how to choose the most correct question on the ARDMS ® SPI exam.

Maintain your positive attitude and return to your studies.

Follow our study guides which will give you a clear path to passing. Prepry can help you study with spaced repetition that aid you in recalling up to 331% more information than flash cards or textbooks alone. Also, it is much better than sitting in an expensive seminar for 3 days, walking away feeling overwhelmed and more confused.

Prepry gives a game plan with obtainable goals to assess your abilities along the way. Furthermore, with our "spaced repetition" approach, Prepry will automatically deliver a quizzes tailored to you, so you can focus on your weaknesses. In order to eliminate the possibility of "failing the ARDMS ® SPI exam," you must identify and eliminate weak knowledge areas.

Choose the Big Day (Round 2)

You're ready for the big day now that you've recovered, self-assessed, and studied. Schedule that exam! Yes, paying all of your fees again stinks, but now that you've boosted your brain power with Prepry, we know you have everything you need to ace the ARDMS ® SPI exam, so don't be surprised if you do! And we promise that once you have the probe in your and the patient in front of you, no one will ever ask you how many tries it took to get there.

When you use Prepry, you can keep your spirits (and test scores) high! Prepry makes studying enjoyable, interesting, and convenient by keeping you entertained while you learn a lot more in a lot less time. Download Prepry now to see how simple it is to pass the ARDMS ® SPI exam. You can do it!

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How to Choose a Great Ultrasound Registry Review Tutor

With so many choices out there, it can get overwhelming when looking for a great Ultrasound Registry Review Tutor for SPI, Physics, Breast, OB/GYN, Pediatric Sonography, Vascular or Abdomen exams!

Trying to find a great ultrasound registry review tutor can be tricky. You want someone who is knowledgeable and experienced, but you also want someone who is patient and able to adapt to your learning style. At Prepry we have helped thousands of students pass their exams. While our Prepry app offers a variety of features that make it easy to use and convenient for students, some people like to use a 1 on 1 tutor as well. In this blog post, I’ll share some tips on how to find a great ultrasound registry review tutor.

1. Your tutor should NOT make you feel stupid or bad about yourself for not understanding the material. If you do feel that way, you need to move on right away! They should be encouraging, uplifting, and instill a sense of self-assurance in you.

2. You should meet with the tutor face-to-face (either online or in-person). If a tutor requests to only communicate via email, chat, or phone. This is utter nonsense and a SCAM! You want to be able to see the tutor, speak with them, and get feedback from them. Zoom and Skype are very simple to use and do not cost a lot of money. If they say the only way to communicate with them is through email or text chat, then you should MOVE ON.

3. The tutor needs to be a registered sonographer with either the ARDMS or the CCI. Simply inquire as to what they are registered in. Then, to check the status, go to the ardms website and enter their name or email address. Verification or recognition of registry reports can indicate whether a person is active or retired.

https://www.ardms.org/maintain-certification/registrant-support/statusverification/

• Registered Diagnostic Medical Sonographer (RDMS)

Specialty examinations:

• Abdomen (AB)

• Breast (BR)

• Fetal Echocardiography (FE)

• Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN)

• Pediatric Sonography (PS)

• Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS)

Specialty examinations: • Adult Echocardiography (AE) • Fetal Echocardiography (FE) • Pediatric Echocardiography (PE)

• Registered Vascular Technologist (RVT)

• Registered in Musculoskeletal® (RMSK®) sonography

https://cci-online.org/CCI/Verify/CCI/Credential Verification.aspx?hkey=889c2b4a-88a5-46f0-b2c5-4cea6a341204

• RCS - Registered Cardiac Sonographer

• RVS - Registered Vascular Specialist

Do not hire them if they do not have a valid registry or it has been revoked!

4. Paying a large sum of money up front without speaking to the tutor you will be working with is an absolute no-no! As a rule of thumb, you should pay after the first session to ensure that you're getting the best tutoring possible. It is acceptable to pay the tutor in advance if they are very well known in their field or came highly recommended by someone you know. But if you are unsure, ask if you can just pay for one session. Once you are confident the tutor will be available to help you, pay for a package.

5. On the major tutoring websites, such as Varsity Tutors, or Wyzant, anyone can sign up to work as a tutor. The fact that they have a degree in sonography, ultrasound, or echocardiography is in NO WAY a guarantee that they are a qualified and experienced tutor in any of those fields.

6. If you find a tutor on the website of a large tutoring company, your best bet is to look for them on their individual website for their business instead. You will have a clearer picture of how professional they are after doing so. Simply do a search for their name along with "sonography tutor" or "ultrasound tutor" or "echocardiography tutor." Before working with them, I would exercise extreme caution if they did not have a website or a profile on Linkedin.

7. They should only tutor subjects related to sonography, echocardiography, or ultrasound; they shouldn't tutor subjects related to nursing or the MCAT. People who have no idea what a sonographer does often make the mistake of thinking that private tutoring for the subject will be simple. You should not waste your money on non-sonographer educators.

8. The tutor's website is easy to use and doesn't make things more confusing. It is NOT necessary for it to be an elaborate website.

9. The tutor has credible testimonials from previous students. If they have testimonials posted on social media, you can reach out to the person who posted them to find out how their experience was.

10. The tutor is available to speak with you over the phone in order to provide answers to any questions that you might have. It's fine to talk to them on the phone for up to 15 minutes without being charged. As a student, you should NEVER begin tutoring unless you have first spoken with the tutor. And I'm not talking about texting, chatting, or emailing. Make certain that you have actually spoken to them on the phone.

11. Ask the tutor if they can help you create a plan so you know what you'll be working on each week until the test date.

12. If you notice the tutor becoming irritated with you, move on immediately.

13. If you believe that you were the victim of a scam, then you were probably right.

Follow the advice given above to avoid falling victim to a SCAM

Finding a great ultrasound registry review tutor can be a challenge. You want someone who is knowledgeable and experienced, but you also want someone who is patient and able to explain things in a way that makes sense to you. Prepry - has more than 2700 Ultrasound Registry Review questions is a great tool in addition to a great tutor.