Prospective evaluation of cardiac ultrasound performance by general internal medicine physicians during a 6-month faculty development curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point-of-care (POCUS) education is rapidly expanding within medical schools and internal medicine residency programs, but lack of trained faculty is a major barrier. While POCUS training can improve short-term outcomes, knowledge and skills rapidly decay without deliberate practice and feedback. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of focused cardiac ultrasound (FCU) by volunteer general internal medicine (GIM) faculty participating in a longitudinal POCUS curriculum.

Methods

Participants: Nine GIM clinician-educators participated in a 6-month POCUS curriculum. Faculty performance was compared to three cardiology fellows. Three diagnostic cardiac sonographers (DCS) were also evaluated and served as the gold standard.

Evaluation

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SUBMITTER: Smith CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5915984 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature