Faculty development in point of care ultrasound for internists

  • Anna Maw
  • Cathy Jalali
  • Deanna Jannat-Khah
  • Kirana Gudi
  • Lia Logio
  • Arthur Evans
  • Stacy Anderson
  • Joshua Smith
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Publication date
December 2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
ISSN
1087-2981
Journal
1087-2981
Citation count (estimate)
3

Abstract

Lack of general medicine faculty expertise is a likely contributor to the slow adoption of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by internal medicine (IM) residency training programs. We developed a 10-week faculty development program, during which 15 faculty members participated in 2 hours and 10 hours of online didactic and hands-on training, respectively. Pre–post comparisons showed that there were statistically significant improvements in faculty participants' ability to interpret images (p<0.001), perceived understanding of the capabilities and limitations of POCUS (p=0.003), comfort using POCUS to make clinical decisions (p=0.003), and perceptions regarding the extent to which POCUS can improve patient care (p=0.026). The next challenge fo...

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