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Barbara O. Crout, R. EDT., has over 20 years of experience as an Electrodiagnostic Technologist. Barbara's name is well recognized in the field of electroneurodiagnostic medicine. Her career in EMG medicine began in 1976 at the Medical College of Georgia. She supervised the Electromyography Laboratory for 16 years under the tutelage of Thomas R. Swift, M.D. and Michael H. Rivner, M.D. Barbara served on the national board of AAET and assisted in the implementation of the early AAET Registry Exams.
As a co-director and a Clinical Faculty member of the School of Allied Health, Medical College of Georgia, Barbara helped develop the two-year Associate Degree Neurodiagnostic Technology (NDT) Program. Barbara was a member of AAET, the American Society of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (ASET), and the Georgia Society of Electrodiagnostic Technologists (GSET).
Ms. Crout left MCG in 1992 to join Technical Synapse, Inc., where she served as a consultant, trainer, lecturer, and workshop facilitator. She was also affiliated with Atlanta Neurology, PC, for five years. Barbara's knowledge of and expertise in performing nerve conduction studies has contributed greatly to the development of this manual.
Charles W. (Bill) Flicek is a consultant Instructional Designer and technical writer with over twenty years of experience in the design and development of performance-based, technical training programs. Bill has been instrumental in designing technical training programs for clients including commercial nuclear utilities, DOE weapons production and DOE Research and Development facilities including Brookhaven National Laboratory, Lockheed-Martin Energy Systems, General Physics Corporation, and Denso Manufacturing. In 1994 Bill made five trips to Ukraine to assist the former Soviet Bloc country's Khmelnitsky Nuclear Power Plant in the development of their technical training programs according to U.S. nuclear regulatory standards.
Bill brings a new and exciting perspective to the field of electroneurodiagnostic training through his use of proven instructional methodologies to develop performance-based technical training programs that consistently produce measurable, desired results, that is, knowledgeable, safe, and proficient technologists. Bill recognized the need for standardized, competency-based technical training for the field of Electrodiagnostic Technology and worked with Barbara to develop a comprehensive technical training manual for the EDT. Bill's hope is that the industry recognizes the value of and, therefore, the need for standardized, criterion-referenced, competency-based training.