title: CORD-AEUS: consensus document for the emergency ultrasound milestone project.
abstract: In 2012, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) designated ultrasound (US) as one of 23 milestone competencies for emergency medicine (EM) residency graduates. With increasing scrutiny of medical educational programs and their effect on patient safety and health care delivery, it is imperative to ensure that US training and competency assessment is standardized. In 2011, a multiorganizational committee composed of representatives from the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD), the Academy of Emergency Ultrasound of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), the Ultrasound Section of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEM), and the Emergency Medicine Residents' Association was formed to suggest standards for resident emergency ultrasound (EUS) competency assessment and to write a document that addresses the ACGME milestones. This article contains a historical perspective on resident training in EUS and a table of core skills deemed to be a minimum standard for the graduating EM resident. A survey summary of focused EUS education in EM residencies is described, as well as a suggestion for structuring education in residency. Finally, adjuncts to a quantitative measurement of resident competency for EUS are offered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY, USA. rlewiss@chpnet.org
authors.forename: Resa E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Lewiss
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pearl
authors.forename: Jason T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Nomura
authors.forename: Gillian
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baty
authors.forename: Rimon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bengiamin
authors.forename: Kael
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Duprey
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stone
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Theodoro
authors.forename: Saadia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Akhtar
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards; D008297:Male; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000458:organization & administration; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards; D018608:Ultrasonography, Doppler / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States