Ms Glenda Toach

As a member working in academia, teaching trainee sonographers from a variety of professional backgrounds, I find the SoR and BMUS guidelines extremely helpful and often refer to them to encourage standardised practice throughout the region. I would like to be involved in developing these guidelines to ensure best practice, and hopefully, by working with our diverse mix of students, I could bring valuable feedback from their learning experiences to enhance future guidelines. Another benefit I hope to bring is an understanding of what our future sonographers and specialist interest groups might require to enrich their learning needs, which could also help shape practice in the future.
I find that by highlighting the bonuses of being a BMUS member, such as access to the journal and learning materials, a few of my students feel encouraged to join as BMUS members. I have also tried to encourage students to contribute to ultrasound research and either submit their findings to BMUS or present at the annual conference.
I have reviewed at least two BMUS articles at the request of the editor in the past and would like to continue reviewing articles for the BMUS Ultrasound journal, as I find this quite rewarding.

I have experience in a wide range of ultrasound applications, such as general medical ultrasound, obstetrics, vascular, MSK and small parts.
I have also been lucky enough to be involved with some study days with radiotherapy students, using ultrasound-guided brachytherapy techniques to treat uterine cancer as well as prostate cancer.
I have been a mentor to a few students doing MSc research projects/dissertations, and would also be keen to pursue research projects of my own.

I have been an applications specialist for Philips Ultrasound, so have a good understanding of basic physics principles, and I'm keen to learn about new technologies which could enhance ultrasound diagnostics, from contemporary advances to AI technology. This would be interesting new ground to learn about and teach to our trainee sonographers, and try to encourage students or any other BMUS members to be involved in new research projects.