Investigating medical students' perceptions of point-of-care ultrasound integration into preclinical education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Recent international consensus statements advocate for the integration of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) into the global undergraduate medical curriculum. Some medical schools outside Saudi Arabia have already incorporated PoCUS into their undergraduate curricula to enhance anatomy, physiology and pathology instruction. However, there are no data on the potential role of PoCUS in the preclinical training of medical students in Saudi Arabia. Given constraints on resources for medical education, a formal needs assessment was conducted to evaluate the potential utility of PoCUS within the basic science curriculum at our institution.

Methods

All final year medical students at our institution were invited to complete a validated online survey. The questionnaire uti

SUBMITTER: Rajendram R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11662411 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature