Implementation of a Longitudinal Critical Care Fellowship Ultrasound Curriculum

ABSTRACT:

Background

The use of point-of-care ultrasound as a diagnostic and interventional tool is rapidly becoming standard of care in critical care medicine; a standardized training curriculum is needed to ensure provider proficiency.

Objective

This study aimed to describe a longitudinal critical care ultrasound (CCUS) curriculum in a pulmonary critical care medicine (PCCM) fellowship training program. It evaluated the curriculum’s impact on fellows’ knowledge, skills, and self-reported confidence and retention of these attributes.

Methods

We conducted a prospective observational study of a longitudinal CCUS training program within a single PCCM fellowship training program. Knowledge, skills, and confidence of 22 fellows were assessed at baseline; after initial training

SUBMITTER: Young A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9132100 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature