ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2019
Canadian national survey of family medicine residents on point-of-care ultrasound training.
Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Utilization of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Routine Patient Care Among Internal Medicine Resident Physicians in the United States.American journal of medicine open · 2026Article
- Teaching point-of-care ultrasound in a rural family medicine residency.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2026Article
- Approach of family physicians to the use of ultrasonography in Türki̇ye.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Ultrasound education, competencies and expected future use among medical interns in Denmark: a national cross-sectional study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Is it worth trying? A cross-sectional study on the implementation of point-of-care ultrasound in Hungarian primary care.BMC primary care · 2024Article
- World Organization of National Colleges, Academies and Academic Associations of General Practitioners and Family Physicians (WONCA) Europe position paper on the use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in primary care.Primary health care research & development · 2024Review
- Use of point-of-care ultrasound in rural British Columbia: Scale, training, and barriers.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2024Article
- Factors affecting point-of-care ultrasound implementation in general practice: a survey in Danish primary care clinics.BMJ open · 2023Article
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- The POCUS Imperative.Journal of graduate medical education · 2023Article
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- Virtual neuromuscular ultrasound courses during COVID-19 pandemic: Leveraging technology to enhance learning opportunities.Muscle & nerve · 2022Article
- One-day seminar for residents for implementing abdominal pocket-sized ultrasound.World journal of methodology · 2021Review
- Evaluating a longitudinal point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum for pediatric residents.BMC medical education · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
13 authors at 9 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo assess the quality of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training in family medicine residency programs and to obtain the opinions of current family medicine residents on the role of ultrasound in primary care.
designA 23-question online survey conducted using SurveyMonkey between March 15 and June 30, 2017.
settingCanada.
participantsAll family medicine residents of the 17 Canadian family medicine residency programs were included in the study but all enhanced skills residents were excluded.
main outcome measuresThe quality and relevance of POCUS to primary care as perceived by residents and reported in the survey.
resultsA total of 854 Canadian family medicine residents responded, for a national response rate of 32.3%. Most respondents (94.3%) believe that POCUS training should be included in family medicine residency programs; however, only 18.4% of respondents currently receive formal training within their residency. Among those without POCUS training, 91.7% are interested in receiving formal training and 29.7% resorted to taking external POCUS courses. Most (77.5%) would consider using ultrasound in their future practice if they were competent in POCUS. The most useful applications for family medicine were considered to be the FAST (Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma) examination for free fluid and ascites (95.1%), procedural guidance (92.4%), and identifying an intrauterine pregnancy (88.6%).
conclusionThis is the largest survey identifying the perceived needs of family medicine residents for POCUS. Very few Canadian family medicine residents currently receive POCUS training. Consistent with our recent family medicine program director survey, there is overwhelming interest by family medicine residents to begin incorporating POCUS training into the family medicine curriculum.
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