Ultrasound in Medical Education Scientific Session 1
Developing a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for medical students
Sunday, April 7, 2024
10:06am – 10:13am
Location: 410
Authors: Ibrahim Zahid, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M. D. School of Medicine Brian Nohomovich, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M. D. School of Medicine Kathryn Garber, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
Ultrasound provides real time diagnostic evaluation and allows for a more rapid assessment of a potential underlying pathologic process than conventional imaging. The benefits of ultrasound are becoming more widely recognized. Many medical and surgical specialties have incorporated the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in training curriculum (1). Various institutions have implemented it in the first year in medical school (2,3) or at the resident level (4, 5). There is limited data on integration of a POCUS program into the medical school curriculum at the fourth year of training. We aim to describe our structure of POCUS curriculum for medical students and evaluate the student’s knowledge and perception of the course.