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. 2023 Apr 26;8(1):13-18.
doi: 10.24908/pocus.v8i1.16153. eCollection 2023.

Recommendations for POCUS Curriculum in Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education: Consensus from the Inaugural Seguin Canadian POCUS Education Conference

Sacha Weill  1 , Daniel Armand Picard  1 , Daniel J Kim  2 , Michael Y Woo  1   3
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Recommendations for POCUS Curriculum in Canadian Undergraduate Medical Education: Consensus from the Inaugural Seguin Canadian POCUS Education Conference

Sacha Weill et al. POCUS J. .

Abstract

Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) in Canadian undergraduate medical education (UGME) is limited. To address this paucity, the inaugural Seguin Canadian POCUS Education Conference hosted 14 of the 17 Canadian medical schools to develop a list of recommendations for POCUS education in Canadian UGME. Attending schools were divided into delegations consisting of a pre-clerkship student, a clerkship student and a staff physician. Recommendations were developed via a modified consensus development panel. Delegations submitted school-specific POCUS education summary documents for roundtable discussions, which yielded an initial set of recommendations. These were then summarized in a large group setting and voted upon for adoption with an a priori agreement threshold of 80%. Conference attendees developed 14 recommendations which 87% of participants agreed to adopt. Conference recommendations reflect the opinions of Canadian trainees and POCUS education experts thus serving as a framework for UGME POCUS education in Canada.

Keywords: Curricular Innovation; Medical Student; POCUS; Recommendations.

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Conflict of interest statement

DJK provides consultant services to Fujifilm Sonosite. DJK and MW are both members of the Canadian Ultrasound Consensus for Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, and of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians Ultrasound Committee.

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