• Robert Nathanson, Minh-Phuong T Le, Kevin C Proud, Charles M LoPresti, Elizabeth K Haro, Michael J Mader, Jane O'Rorke, Patricia I Wathen, and Nilam J Soni.
• Medicine Service, South Texas Veterans Health Care System, San Antonio, TX, USA. nathansonr3@uthscsa.edu.
• J Gen Intern Med. 2022 Jul 1; 37 (9): 2308-2313.

BackgroundPoint-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training has been increasing among internal medicine (IM) residency programs, but few programs can provide longitudinal training due to barriers such as lack of trained faculty.AimDescribe the development of a longitudinal POCUS track for IM residents using local and external resources, including a national POCUS certificate program.SettingUniversity-based IM residency program affiliated with a public and veterans affairs hospital.ParticipantsTwelve IM residents from 2018 to 2021.Program DescriptionResidents complete a national POCUS certificate program by attending live courses and completing online modules, an image portfolio, and final knowledge/skills assessments. Locally, residents participate in 1-month procedure and diagnostic POCUS rotations and provide peer-to-peer POCUS teaching of residents and medical students.Program EvaluationThe POCUS track increased residents' use and comfort with diagnostic and procedural applications. All residents rated being satisfied or very satisfied with the track and would recommend it to prospective applicants (100%). The most commonly reported barriers to utilizing POCUS per residents were time constraints (83%), lack of available ultrasound equipment (83%), and lack of trained faculty (58%).DiscussionIM residency programs with limited faculty expertise in POCUS can leverage external resources to provide longitudinal POCUS training to its residents.© 2022. This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.

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