ArticleBMC family practice2020
Knowledge and skills required to perform point-of-care ultrasonography in family practice - a modified Delphi study among family physicians in Slovenia.
Article in BMC family practice, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07339007 (Observational Study to Validate a Family Physician Echocardiography Training Programme), which is not on this map. Cited by 15 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Observational Study to Validate a Family Physician Echocardiography Training Programme
Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.
- Point-of-care ultrasound teaching in general practice and family medicine: EURACT position paper.The European journal of general practice · 2026Article
- A Novel Learner- and Patient-Oriented Needs Assessment for a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum in Family Medicine.Family medicine · 2026Article
- Recommended Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Applications for US Family Medicine Residency Training: A National Delphi Study From the STFM POCUS Task Force.Family medicine · 2026Article
- A core curriculum of point-of-care ultrasound examinations for frontline physicians in primary care: results from a European Delphi study.Ultraschall in der Medizin (Stuttgart, Germany : 1980) · 2026Article
- Frequency of clinical conditions suitable for point-of-care ultrasound and comparison of patient management plans among ultrasound users and non-users in Danish general practice.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Point-of-Care Kidney Ultrasonography in Pediatric Nephrology: Current Evidence and Clinical Relevance.International journal of nephrology · 2026Review
- 'Shades of grey': a focus group study on diagnostic uncertainty among general practitioners using point-of-care ultrasound.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
- When is synthetic sufficient? Ethical considerations and alternatives in simulation-based ultrasound education.Advances in simulation (London, England) · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, practices, and perceived barriers to using point-of-care ultrasound by Asian primary care physicians - a mixed method study.BMC health services research · 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
- Consensus on relevant point-of-care ultrasound skills in General Practice: a two-round French Delphi study.BMC medical education · 2024Review
- Building Consensus on the Point-of-Care Ultrasound Skills Required for Effective Healthcare Service Delivery at District Hospitals in South Africa: A Delphi Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- New International Guidelines and Consensus on the Use of Lung Ultrasound.Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine · 2023Review
- Protocol for a Delphi Consensus Study to Determine the Essential and Optional Ultrasound Skills for Medical Practitioners Working in District Hospitals in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundMore and more family physicians (FPs) are using point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) in Europe. Still, there is no general consensus about the specific knowledge and skills that a FP should acquire in order to effectively perform POCUS. The objective of this study was to identify indications for the use of POCUS among FPs, explore the barriers of its use and provide an expert opinion of FPs on knowledge and skills required to effectively implement POCUS in family practice.
methodsA modified two-round Delphi study was carried out among FPs using POCUS in Slovenia.
results21 FPs were invited to participate in the study. A total of 13 FPs (62%) responded the round-one questionnaire and 10 (48%) completed the round-two questionnaire. Results show a large variability of indications for the use of POCUS in family practice, the most common being acute abdominal conditions, lung ultrasonography and eyeballing echocardiography. In contrast, the results show little variability in barriers for the use of POCUS, the most common being lack of time, inaccessibility of specific training programmes and financial issues. There is a strong consensus on the knowledge and skills needed to perform POCUS. Panellists agreed on a learning medical knowledge, technical skills and expressed a need for individual consultations and tutorship options.
conclusionThis study proves that although POCUS is used in family practice for a wide variety of indications with a significant number of barriers, there is a strong consensus on what a FP needs to know to effectively perform POCUS.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.