Piloting a Graduate Medical Education Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum
dc.contributor.author | Ferre, Robinson M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Russell, Frances M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Peterson, Dina | |
dc.contributor.author | Zakeri, Bita | |
dc.contributor.author | Herbert, Audrey | |
dc.contributor.author | Nti, Benjamin | |
dc.contributor.author | Goldman, Mitchell | |
dc.contributor.author | Wilcox, James G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Wallach, Paul M. | |
dc.contributor.department | Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-14T09:55:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-14T09:55:03Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2022-07-23 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: As point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use grows, training in graduate medical education (GME) is increasingly needed. We piloted a multispecialty GME POCUS curriculum and assessed feasibility, knowledge, and comfort with performing POCUS exams. Methods: Residents were selected from the following residency programs: internal medicine, family medicine, emergency medicine, and a combined internal medicine/pediatrics program. Didactics occurred through an online curriculum that consisted of five modules: physics and machine operation, cardiac, lung, soft tissue, and extended focused sonography in trauma applications. Residents completed a pre- and post-curriculum questionnaire, as well as knowledge assessments before and after each module. One-hour hands-on training sessions were held for each module. Differences between pre- and post-participation questionnaire responses were analyzed using the Wilcoxon rank sum. Results: Of the 24 residents selected, 21 (86%) were post-graduate year two or three, and 16 (65%) were from the internal medicine program. Eighteen (67%) residents reported limited prior POCUS experience. All pre- to post-knowledge assessment scores increased (p<0.05). Statistically significant increases pre- to post-curriculum were found for frequency of POCUS use (p = 0.003), comfort in using POCUS for assessing for abdominal aortic aneurysm, soft tissue abscess detection, undifferentiated hypotension and dyspnea, cardiac arrest and heart failure (p<0.025); and competency in machine use, acquiring and interpreting images and incorporating POCUS into clinical practice (p<0.001). All participants felt the skills learned during this curriculum were essential to their future practice. Conclusions: In this pilot, we found using a combination of online and hands-on training to be feasible, with improvement in residents’ knowledge, comfort, and use of POCUS. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ferre RM, Russell FM, Peterson D, et al. Piloting a Graduate Medical Education Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum. Cureus. 2022;14(7):e27173. Published 2022 Jul 23. doi:10.7759/cureus.27173 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/1805/34888 | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Springer Nature | |
dc.relation.isversionof | 10.7759/cureus.27173 | |
dc.relation.journal | Cureus | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.source | PMC | |
dc.subject | Pilot project | |
dc.subject | Residency curriculum | |
dc.subject | Online medical education | |
dc.subject | Graduate medical education (GME) | |
dc.subject | Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) | |
dc.title | Piloting a Graduate Medical Education Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum | |
dc.type | Article |