title: Implementation of a 4-Year Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum in a Liaison Committee on Medical Education-Accredited US Medical School.
abstract: The established benefits of point-of-care ultrasound have given rise to multiple new and innovative curriculums to incorporate ultrasound teaching into medical education. This study sought to measure the educational success of a comprehensive and integrated 4-year point-of-care ultrasound curriculum.
  
  
  
  We integrated a curriculum consisting of traditional didactics combined with asynchronous learning modules and hands-on practice on live models with skilled sonographers into all 4 years of education at a Liaison Committee on Medical Education-accredited US Medical School. Each graduating student was administered an exit examination with 48 questions that corresponded to ultrasound milestones.
  
  
  
  Ninety-five percent (n = 84) of fourth-year medical students completed the exit examination. The mean score was 79.5% (SD, 10.2%), with mean scores on the ultrasound physics and anatomy subsections being 77.1% (SD, 11.0%) and 85.9% (SD, 21.0%), respectively.
  
  
  
  A comprehensive 4-year point-of-care ultrasound curriculum integrated into medical school may successfully equip graduating medical students with a fundamental understanding of ultrasound physics, anatomy, and disease recognition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Sean P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wilson
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Jason M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mefford
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Shadi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lahham
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lotfipour
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Subeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Gracie
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maldonado
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: Sophia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spann
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine, Orange, California, USA.
authors.forename: John C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Fox
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D012577:Schools, Medical; D014465:Ultrasonics / Q000193:education*
keywords: medical education; medical school; milestone; point-of-care ultrasound