Competence of anesthesiology residents following a longitudinal point-of-care ultrasound curriculum.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) facilitates diagnostic, procedural, and resuscitative applications in anesthesiology. Structured POCUS curricula improve learner satisfaction, test scores, and clinical management, but the learning curve towards competency and retention of skills over time remain unknown.

Methods

We conducted a prospective observational study to determine when anesthesiology trainees enrolled in a POCUS curriculum achieve competency in POCUS skills. We also investigated the learning curve of trainees' competency using a POCUS-specific competency-based medical education assessment. The structured, longitudinal POCUS curriculum included online lectures, journal articles, live model scanning sessions, video review of cases, and a portfolio of supervised

SUBMITTER: Clunie M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8715842 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature