Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Applications Taught Within Canadian Internal Medicine Residency Programs: Results of a National Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool for bedside diagnostics and procedures within internal medicine. In 2017 the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) group provided recommendations for applications to teach POCUS to internal medicine trainees. The way that training programs have implemented these recommendations has not been assessed. We aim to assess POCUS applications taught within internal medicine training programs, five years after the CIMUS group's recommendations.

Methods

An anonymous survey was distributed in 2022 to POCUS leads at Canadian internal medicine residency and general internal medicine subspecialty training programs. This voluntary survey assessed which POCUS applications were being taught to trainees.

Results

SUBMITTER: Marinovich R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12057461 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature