ArticleThe ultrasound journal2021
Scoping review of implementing a longitudinal curriculum in undergraduate medical education: The wake forest experience.
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- Do dental students need sonography training? A prospective observational study.BMC medical education · 2025Observational
- Third-year medical students' perceptions of confidence and readiness to perform EFAST after training.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Undergraduate musculoskeletal ultrasound training based on current national guidelines-a prospective controlled study on transferability.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Development of a hybrid point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for first year medical students in a rural medical education program: a pilot study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Long-Term Effectiveness and Sustainability of Integrating Peer-Assisted Ultrasound Courses into Medical School-A Prospective Study.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2023Article
- Evaluation of a Required Vertical Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Undergraduate Medical Students.Cureus · 2022Article
- Pediatric Residency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Needs Assessment and Educational Intervention.Cureus · 2022Article
- International consensus conference recommendations on ultrasound education for undergraduate medical students.The ultrasound journal · 2022Article
- Implementation of a novel digital ultrasound education tool into an emergency medicine rotation: UltrasoundBox.AEM education and training · 2022Article
- Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2022Review
- A Longitudinal Elective Facilitates Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Education for Medical Students: An Observational Study.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHands-on ultrasound experience has become a desirable component for undergraduate medical education (UGME) curricula throughout medical schools in the United States (US) to enhance readiness for future training. Ultrasound integration can be a useful assistive educational method in undergraduate medical education to improve anatomy and physiology skills. Relatively few medical schools have integrated ultrasound experiences formally into their 4-year medical school curriculum due to limitations of a resource intensive set up.
methodsWe undertook a scoping review of published UGME ultrasound curricula integrated into all four years in peer-reviewed as well online literature. In addition, we provide a narrative review of our institutional experience in conceptualization, design and implementation of UGME ultrasound curriculum driven by need to address the fading knowledge in anatomy and physiology concepts beyond pre-clinical years.
resultsIntegrated ultrasound curriculum at WFSOM utilizes focused ultrasonography as a teaching aid for students to gain a more thorough understanding of basic and clinical science concepts taught in the medical school curriculum. We found 18 medical schools with ultrasound curricula published in peer-reviewed literature with a total of 33 ultrasound programs discovered by adding Google search and personal communication
conclusionsThe results of the review and our institutional experience can help inform future educators interested in developing similar curricula in their undergraduate programs. Common standards, milestones and standardized competency-based assessments would be helpful in more widespread application of ultrasound in UGME curricula.
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