Current Point of care Ultrasound Use and Training Among Internal Medicine Residency Programs from the 2020 APDIM Program Director's Survey

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. LoPresti ◽  
Daniel Schnobrich ◽  
William Novak ◽  
Emily Fondahn ◽  
Rachel Bardowell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Internal Medicine Residency ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Current Point ◽  
And Training

scholarly journals Creating a Novel Cardiac Limited Ultrasound Exam Curriculum for Internal Medical Residency: Four Unanticipated Tasks

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. JMECD.S18932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melissa Nardi ◽  
David J. Shaw ◽  
Stanley A. Amundson ◽  
James N. Phan ◽  
Bruce J. Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Postgraduate Education ◽  
Internal Medicine Residency ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Medical Residency ◽  
Cardiac Ultrasound ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
The Past

Over the past two decades, our internal medicine residency has created a unique postgraduate education in internal medicine by incorporating a formal curriculum in point-of-care cardiac ultrasound as a mandatory component. The details regarding content and implementation were critical to the initial and subsequent success of this novel program. In this paper, we discuss the evidence-based advances, considerations, and pitfalls that we have encountered in the program's development through the discussion of four unanticipated tasks unique to a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum. The formatted discussion of these tasks will hopefully assist development of ultrasound programs at other institutions.

scholarly journals A road map for point-of-care ultrasound training in internal medicine residency

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles M. LoPresti ◽  
Daniel J. Schnobrich ◽  
Renee K. Dversdal ◽  
Frank Schembri
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Internal Medicine Residency ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Road Map

scholarly journals Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Internal Medicine

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mitch Levine
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Needs Assessment ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Digital Health ◽  
Pericardial Tamponade ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Residency Programs ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Internal Medicine Residents ◽  
Similar Survey

Over the past few decades a variety of technological advances have dramatically change the manner in which physicians practice medicine. Both clinically and administratively the practice of medicine is in evolution – for example; stents instead of surgery and digital health records instead of paper charts. For internal medicine physicians one of the biggest transformations with respect to how we will practice medicine is just on the horizon. The routine use of point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) will become an essential skill for the practicing internist. The application for PoCUS in the field of internal medicine is immense – accurately assessing the JVP in critically ill patients, performing arterial and venipunctures, diagnosing pericardial tamponade or determining the likelihood of a pulmonary embolus, or the diagnostic and therapeutic removal of body fluids, to name a few.While some of our colleagues have adopted this technology as an adjunct to the clinical examination or as an aid to conducting bedside procedures most have not adopted this as a routine skill set. Some of the barriers include insufficient training and a lack of readily accessible equipment in all clinical settings. But this will change, and the use of PoCUS will eventually become a required skill of all practicing internists.In the current issue of CJGIM Lewis et al have conducted a needs assessment of PoCUS in answering either a clinical question or in guiding a procedure. As the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons does not yet require all internal medicine residency programs to provide a formal PoCUS curriculum, the objective of their study was to conduct a systematic needs assessment for the introduction of a PoCUS curriculum to an internal medicine program. The results showed that some internal medicine residents were already using PoCUS yet they had never been formal trained in the skill. One is left to wonder what a similar survey would find if conducted amongst practicing internists.While each residency programs will inevitably develop a PoCUS curriculum for their trainees, it will remain a continuing education challenge for internists already in practice. The importance of this skill cannot be under estimated and it will require the leadership in the internal medicine community to ensure that they create the opportunity for all internists to master the use of PoCUS.

scholarly journals First year internal medicine residents’ self-report point-of-care ultrasound knowledge and skills: what (Little) difference three years make

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanner Chahley ◽  
Ada W Lam ◽  
Samantha Halman ◽  
Kathryn Watson ◽  
Irene WY Ma
Keyword(s):  
Internal Medicine ◽  
Point Of Care ◽  
Internal Medicine Residency ◽  
Self Report ◽  
First Year ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Point Of Care Ultrasound ◽  
Internal Medicine Residents ◽  
Study Support ◽  
B Lines

Abstract Background With increasing availability of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education in medical schools, it is unclear whether or not learning needs of junior medical residents have evolved over time. Methods We invited all postgraduate year (PGY)-1 residents at three Canadian internal medicine residency training programs in 2019 to complete a survey previously completed by 47 Canadian Internal Medicine PGY-1 s in 2016. Using a five-point Likert scale, participants rated perceived applicability of POCUS to the practice of internal medicine and self-reported skills in 15 diagnostic POCUS applications and 9 procedures. Results Of the 97 invited residents, 58 (60 %) completed the survey in 2019. Participants reported high applicability but low skills across all POCUS applications and procedures. The 2019 cohort reported higher skills in assessing pulmonary B lines than the 2016 cohort (2.3 ± SD 1.0 vs. 1.5 ± SD 0.7, adjusted p-value = 0.01). No other differences were noted. Conclusions POCUS educational needs continue to be high in Canadian internal medicine learners. The results of this needs assessment study support ongoing inclusion of basic POCUS elements in the current internal medicine residency curriculum.

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