Article Tags: Faculty Development

Knowledge and Confidence Among Five Cohorts of Faculty Learners in a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program: Factors Defining Learner Success

Michael Janjigian, Anne Dembitzer, Isaac Holmes, Caroline Srisarajivakul-Klein, Khemraj Hardowar, Harald Sauthoff – The availability of faculty proficient in point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has emerged as a barrier to the ongoing expansion of POCUS across the field of internal medicine. We sought to examine the faculty graduates of our institutional POCUS program to identify characteristics associated with long-term proficiency to inform curricula and guide institutional support.

“Teaching old dogs new tricks” – POCUS Education for Senior Faculty

Daniel Restrepo, MD; Thomas F. Heyne, MD, MSt; Christine Schutzer, RT, BS, RDMS; Renee Dversdal, MD – Point of care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a growing diagnostic modality across a variety of specialties and is increasingly being taught in undergraduate medical education. Uptake within internal medicine has been slow but is becoming more commonplace.