Emergency medicine trainees' perceived barriers to training and credentialing in point-of-care ultrasound: A cross-sectional study
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Snelling, PJ
Stirling, EJ
Watkins, S
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Introduction: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is an important tool in emergency medicine (EM), with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) recommending core modalities as part of fellowship training. In Australia, acquisition of these skills is certified via credentialing but is currently poorly undertaken by EM trainees. Methods: We performed a cross-sectional survey of EM trainees across two academic teaching hospitals in Gold Coast, Queensland, between December 2018 and January 2019, to determine the current state of training and perceived barriers to credentialing in POCUS. Results: Fifty-two (59%) eligible EM trainees participated. Although credentialing rates (15%) were low amongst respondents, the majority agreed that it was necessary (69%) and should form part of ACEM training (88%). Amongst these trainees, we identified the desire for increased POCUS training and several barriers including time constraints and the credentialing process itself. Conclusion: Although there is general agreement amongst EM trainees for POCUS credentialing, barriers such as time limitations and technical difficulties were prohibitive for many. We propose the development of an internal structured POCUS training programme within mandatory training time to address these issues.
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Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
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© 2022 The Authors. Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Elsayed, T; Snelling, PJ; Stirling, EJ; Watkins, S, Emergency medicine trainees' perceived barriers to training and credentialing in point-of-care ultrasound: A cross-sectional study, Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 2022