Michael Reaume1, Matthew Siuba2, Michael Wagner3, Alyssa Woodwyk4, Thomas A Melgar5. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, MD, School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. 2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 3. Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina, USA. 4. Biomedical Sciences, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, MD, School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. 5. Pediatrics and Adolescent and Internal Medicine, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker, MD, School of Medicine, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and scope of point-of-care ultrasound (US) education in internal medicine, pediatric, and medicine-pediatric residency programs nationwide. METHODS: Program directors were surveyed between January and June 2016 with a 15-item online questionnaire to assess the state of point-of-care US training in their programs. The survey aimed to identify whether programs had an established point-of-care US curriculum and, if not, what reasons may have existed for a lack of point-of-care US training in their programs. RESULTS: The survey was distributed to 685 program directors, and the response rate was 19.2%. Only 31.5% of respondents reported having a formal point-of-care US curriculum in their program, and in 12.4% of programs, there was no US training at all. The presence of point-of-care US training as reported by internal medicine (n = 64) and medicine-pediatric (n = 24) respondents showed formal point-of-care US curriculum rates of 37.5% and 43.5%, respectively. Pediatric programs (n = 24) reported limited point-of-care US training, with formal curriculum in only 12.4% of programs and 27.3% having no point-of-care US training at all. The most common reasons for lack of a point-of-care US curriculum among program directors were lack of trained faculty/instructors (70.4%), lack of guidelines/standards by governing societies (44.4%), and lack of the necessary technology (33.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Less than half of residents with internal medicine training will have trained at a program with a point-of-care US curriculum, and point-of-care US training in pediatrics is even more limited. The major reason for the lack of point-of-care US education is a lack of trained faculty or instructors.
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and scope of point-of-care ultrasound (US) education in internal medicine, pediatric, and medicine-pediatric residency programs nationwide. METHODS: Program directors were surveyed between January and June 2016 with a 15-item online questionnaire to assess the state of point-of-care US training in their programs. The survey aimed to identify whether programs had an established point-of-care US curriculum and, if not, what reasons may have existed for a lack of point-of-care US training in their programs. RESULTS: The survey was distributed to 685 program directors, and the response rate was 19.2%. Only 31.5% of respondents reported having a formal point-of-care US curriculum in their program, and in 12.4% of programs, there was no US training at all. The presence of point-of-care US training as reported by internal medicine (n = 64) and medicine-pediatric (n = 24) respondents showed formal point-of-care US curriculum rates of 37.5% and 43.5%, respectively. Pediatric programs (n = 24) reported limited point-of-care US training, with formal curriculum in only 12.4% of programs and 27.3% having no point-of-care US training at all. The most common reasons for lack of a point-of-care US curriculum among program directors were lack of trained faculty/instructors (70.4%), lack of guidelines/standards by governing societies (44.4%), and lack of the necessary technology (33.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Less than half of residents with internal medicine training will have trained at a program with a point-of-care US curriculum, and point-of-care US training in pediatrics is even more limited. The major reason for the lack of point-of-care US education is a lack of trained faculty or instructors.
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