Journal
ULTRASOUND JOURNAL
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1186/s13089-022-00260-y
Keywords
Point of Care Ultrasound; Medical Education; Emergency Medicine Faculty; Implementation; Credentialing
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The use of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in the emergency department is associated with improved patient outcomes and increased patient satisfaction, especially when used for procedural guidance. However, a significant number of emergency medicine (EM) faculty who trained before 2008 were not credentialed in POCUS, highlighting the need for a pathway for faculty to attain competence and become credentialed in POCUS.
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) use in the emergency department is associated with improved patient outcomes and increased patient satisfaction. When used for procedural guidance, it has been shown to increase first pass success and decrease complications. As of 2012, ultrasound has been identified as a core skill required for graduating emergency medicine (EM) residents. Despite this, only a minority of EM faculty who trained prior to 2008 are credentialed in POCUS. Half of all EM training programs in the United States have less than 50% of their faculty credentialed to perform and teach POCUS to learners. As the use of POCUS continues to grow in medicine, it is especially important to have a pathway for faculty to attain competence and become credentialed in POCUS. The goal of this paper was to outline an implementation process of a curriculum designed to credential EM faculty in POCUS.
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