Point-of-Care-ultrasound in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review of assessment methods.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point-of-Care-Ultrasound (POCUS) curricula have rapidly expanded in undergraduate medical education (UME). However, the assessments used in UME remain variable without national standards. This scoping review characterizes and categorizes current assessment methods using Miller's pyramid for skills, performance, and competence of POCUS in UME. A structured protocol was developed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR). A literature search of MEDLINE was performed from January 1, 2010, to June 15, 2021. Two independent reviewers screened all titles and abstracts for articles that met inclusion criteria. The authors included all POCUS UME publications in which POCUS-related knowledge, skills, or

SUBMITTER: DeBiasio C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10258183 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature