title: Faculty development in point of care ultrasound for internists.
abstract: Lack of general medicine faculty expertise is a likely contributor to the slow adoption of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by internal medicine (IM) residency training programs. We developed a 10-week faculty development program, during which 15 faculty members participated in 2 hours and 10 hours of online didactic and hands-on training, respectively. Pre-post comparisons showed that there were statistically significant improvements in faculty participants' ability to interpret images (p<0.001), perceived understanding of the capabilities and limitations of POCUS (p=0.003), comfort using POCUS to make clinical decisions (p=0.003), and perceptions regarding the extent to which POCUS can improve patient care (p=0.026). The next challenge for IM programs is to improve access to ultrasound machines and provide follow-up workshops to facilitate further development of skills and integration of POCUS into daily practice by general medicine faculty.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.|Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA; anna.maw@ucdenver.edu.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maw
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jalali
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Deanna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jannat-Khah
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.|Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kirana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gudi
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Lia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Logio
authors.affiliation: Department of Hospital Medicine, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA.|Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Arthur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Stacy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D005180:Faculty, Medical / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013192:Staff Development / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*
keywords: bedside diagnosis; faculty development; internal medicine; physical exam; point of care ultrasound