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. 2023;55(2):77-80.
doi: 10.5114/ait.2023.128704.

Echocardiography and Ultrasound Committee statement for the accreditation programme in point-of-care ultrasonography in Poland

Mateusz Zawadka  1 , Paweł Andruszkiewicz  1 , Wojciech Gola  2 , Adrian Wong  3 , Mirosław Czuczwar  4
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Echocardiography and Ultrasound Committee statement for the accreditation programme in point-of-care ultrasonography in Poland

Mateusz Zawadka et al. Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther. 2023.

Abstract

Ultrasonography is becoming an essential part of the management of critically ill patients. There has been a sufficient body of evidence to support the incorporation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine training programme. Recently the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine reco-gnized POCUS as an essential skill for European Intensive Care Medicine specialists and updated Competency Based Training in Intensive Care (CoBaTrICe). Following European training standards, the Ultrasound and Echocardiography Committee of the Polish Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Therapy issued this Position Statement for recommendations for the accreditation process in POCUS in Poland.

Keywords: accreditation; intensive care; point-of-care ultrasound; POCUS.

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FIGURE 1
Modular structure of the Polish Diploma of Critical Ultrasound (PDCU)
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FIGURE 2
Overview of the Polish Diploma of Critical Ultrasound (PDCU) accreditation process
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