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Inside the April 2025 10 Year Anniversary Issue

Benjamin T. Galen; Amer M. Johri; Casey Glass – This current issue, published in April 2025, marks the 10th year that the world’s leading point-of-care ultrasound journal has been bringing the POCUS community together.

In Memoriam – Dr. James Kirkpatrick

Amer M. Johri; Nova Panebianco; Benjamin Galen – It is with great sadness that we remark upon the passing of Dr. James Kirkpatrick in this issue of the POCUS Journal. Jim was widely admired and respected in the POCUS community for his enthusiasm towards point of care imaging and his embrace of learners and colleagues from around the world.

The Expanding Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Paradigm

Katie Wiskar – Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is an ever-evolving technology that has become integral to clinical practice in a variety of domains. Since its inception in Emergency Medicine (EM) in the 1980s, POCUS has traditionally been viewed as a tool to make binary decisions in response to focused clinical questions.

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Applications Taught Within Canadian Internal Medicine Residency Programs: Results of a National Survey

Ryan Marinovich; Michael G. R. Beyaert; Steven J. Montague; Irene W. Y. Ma; Luke A. Devine – Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool for bedside diagnostics and procedures within internal medicine. In 2017 the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) group provided recommendations for applications to teach POCUS to internal medicine trainees. The way that training programs have implemented these recommendations has not been assessed. We aim to assess POCUS applications taught within internal medicine training programs, five years after the CIMUS group’s recommendations.

Building a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education Through Stepwise Development and Assessment

Nancy L. Hagood; Romik Srivastava; Marc E. Heincelman; Meghan K. Thomas – Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) training is increasingly incorporated in undergraduate medical education (UME). However, limited resources and lack of standard guidelines lead to questions regarding the most effective curriculum and assessment method. The authors aimed to develop a longitudinal UME POCUS curriculum through staged intervention.

Performance of the Cardiovascular Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Exam by Internal Medicine Residents

Christopher Chew; Katherine Lang; Manuel De La Rosa; Amanda K. Bertram; Ariella Apfel Stein; Apurva Sharma; Timothy M. Niessen; Brian T. Garibaldi – The purposes of this study were to determine the overall proficiency of internal medicine interns in performing cardiovascular POCUS, assess how POCUS skills relate to traditional cardiovascular physical exam skills, and examine how POCUS skills impact patient management.

Demonstrating Feasibility of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)-Guided Inpatient Transthoracic Echo Triage Decision Pathway

Stephanie M. Conner; Mustafa Husaini; Maya Fiore; Mohamed Ramadan; Benjamin Hoemann; Nicholas Arnold; Farhan Katchi; Crystal Atwood; Carol Faulk; Karl Wallenkampf; Jing Li – Prolonged inpatient length of stay (LOS) is associated with worse clinical outcomes and increased healthcare costs. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is commonly utilized in cardiac evaluation of hospital inpatients but is associated with prolonged LOS and may not always be necessary. Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) may help reduce the need for inpatient TTEs.

Troubleshooting Transvenous Pacemakers with Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Emily Gohde; Seth Lotterman; Ikram Irfanullah; David Hansen; Felix Pacheco; Adam Wise; Matthew Tichauer; Trent She – We discuss two cases that illustrate the utility of POCUS in troubleshooting unsuccessful or difficult TVP placements. Thereafter, we describe a workflow for future TVP placements and offer some troubleshooting tips.