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Matthew Lyon1, David Kriegel2, Elizabeth Lockett3
1Center for Ultrasound Education, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, CJ3101, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912 USA.
Medical Science Educator
|August 30, 2021
Summary
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in family medicine clerkships can be implemented in distributed campuses. Students successfully acquired images, overcoming faculty POCUS experience barriers with improved image quality over time.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS)
- Family Medicine
Background:
- Integrating POCUS into clinical clerkships offers educational benefits.
- Distributed medical school models present implementation challenges, especially in family medicine where faculty may lack POCUS experience.
Purpose of the Study:
- To describe the implementation and evaluation of a POCUS curriculum.
- Focus on a family medicine core clinical clerkship within a state-wide, distributed medical school model.
Main Methods:
- Utilized 17 Philips Lumify Ultrasound Systems across 20 clerkship sites.
- Students were required to capture abdominal aortic and inferior vena cava (IVC) images.
- Images were de-identified, uploaded to cloud storage, and scored by faculty.
Main Results:
- Students successfully obtained adequate aorta and IVC images without on-site ultrasound-trained faculty.
- 65% of 183 students submitted usable images; 42% failed due to upload issues.
- 62% of submissions scored in the top quartile, with improvement seen throughout the academic year.
Conclusions:
- Implementing POCUS in distributed FM clerkships faces challenges with equipment and image transmission.
- Successful implementation is achievable with strategic planning, including equipment sharing and enhanced image transmission methods.
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