Content Outlines
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Following are content outlines for each examination administered by ARDMS. These outlines are based upon the results from the Task Analysis Surveys of their respective specialties.   The content of the examinations matches the percentages shown in the outline.  Performance feedback is provided for the major headings of these outlines (those for which the percentages are shown).

The ARDMS does not endorse any specific source of information for education programs, nor does it sponsor or endorse any registry review course. No attempt is made to list literature references because of the multiplicity of such information and to avoid the implication that listed works are in any way used as a basis for the examination.

SPI Update: The topics being covered on the ARDMS examinations did not change with the release of the SPI in Spring 2009.  ARDMS’ volunteer subject-matter experts reviewed the current content of the specialty and physics examinations to determine which topics could be moved to the SPI examination and which needed to be covered at the specialty level.  A small amount of specialty-specific physics content was shifted from the UPI, CPI, and VPI physics examinations to the appropriate specialty examination, e.g., FE, PE, AE, or VT.  These changes are minor and will not affect any of the examinations’ overall structure.