A National Needs Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Hospitalists

• Published in: Mayo Clinic proceedings Vol. 94; no. 9; pp. 1910 - 1912
• Main Authors: LoPresti, Charles M., Boyd, Jeremy S., Schott, Christopher, Core, Megan, Lucas, Brian P., Colon-Molero, Angel, Kessler, Chad, Mader, Michael J., Haro, Elizabeth K., Finley, Erin P., Restrepo, Marcos I., Pugh, Jacqueline, Soni, Nilam J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Inc 01.09.2019; Frontline Medical Communications Inc; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Academic Medical Centers; Analysis; Colon; Continuing medical education; Critical care; Edema; Education; Effusion; Emergency medical care; Female; Health care policy; Heart; Hospitalists; Hospitalists - education; Hospitals; Humans; Male; Medical personnel training; Medical practice; Medicine; Needs analysis; Needs Assessment; Peritoneum; Pneumothorax; Point-of-Care Systems - organization & administration; R&D; Research & development; Rivers; Stokes, Louis; Teachers; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasonography, Interventional; Ultrasound; United States; Ventricle; Veterans; United States; Pittsburgh Pennsylvania; White River; United States > US; Texas; Tennessee; Nashville Tennessee
• ISSN: 0025-6196; 1942-5546
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2019.07.016

Among all HMGs that use POCUS, the majority desired additional training in paracentesis, thoracentesis, central line placement, and evaluation of pleural effusions, peritoneal free fluid, pericardial effusion, pneumothorax, left ventricular function, pulmonary edema, abscess, urinary retention, and joint effusions. Charles M. LoPresti, MD Medicine Service Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center Cleveland, OH Department of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Cleveland, OH Jeremy S. Boyd, MD, FACEP Department of Emergency Medicine Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN Department of Emergency Medicine Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System Nashville, TN Christopher Schott, MD, MS, RDMS, FACEP Critical Care Service Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Health Care Systems PA Departments of Critical Care Medicine and Emergency Medicine University of Pittsburgh PA Megan Core, MD Department of Emergency Medicine Service Orlando Veterans Affairs Medical Center FL Department of Medicine University of Central Florida College of Medicine Orlando, FL Brian P. Lucas, MD, MS Medicine Service White River Junction Veterans Affairs Medical Center VT Department of Medicine Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Hanover, NH Angel Colon-Molero, MD, MBA Veterans Health Administration Specialty Care Service Veterans Affairs Central Office Washington, DC Chad Kessler, MD, MHPE Department of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine Durham, NC Primary Care Service Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System NC Michael J. Mader, MS Elizabeth K. Haro, MPH Erin P. Finley, PhD, MPH Marcos I. Restrepo, MD, MSc Jacqueline Pugh, MD Nilam J. Soni, MD, MS Medicine Service South Texas Veterans Health Care System San Antonio Department of Medicine UT Health San Antonio TX Grant Support: Research funding was received for salary support of co-investigators (Soni, Schott, LoPresti, Boyd, Finley, and Lucas) and a research associate (Haro) from the following sources: Department of Veterans Affairs, Quality Enhancement Research Initiative (QUERI) Partnered Evaluation Initiative Grant (HX00226301A1); Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development and Dartmouth SYNERGY, National Institutes of Health, National Center for Translational Science (UL1TR001086).