National Survey of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Scholarly Tracks in Emergency Medicine Residency Programs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Residency scholarly tracks are educational programs, designed to help trainees develop an area of expertise. Although the breadth of residency point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education has developed considerably in recent years, there is no literature to date describing scholarly tracks specifically in POCUS. In this study we sought to determine the prevalence, characteristics, and outcomes of POCUS scholarly tracks in emergency medicine (EM).

Methods

This was a cross-sectional survey of EM residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. Surveys were distributed between March-August 2020 using a listserv followed by targeted emails to residency and ultrasound leadership. We summarized data using descriptive statistics,

SUBMITTER: Alerhand S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8463042 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature