Background: Little is known about how to effectively train residents with point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) despite increasing usage. This study sought to assess whether handheld ultrasound devices (HUDs), alongside a year-long lecture series, improved trainee image interpretation skills with POCUS. Methods: Internal medicine intern physicians (n=149) at a single academic institution from 2016-18 participated in the […]

Background: Imaging diagnostics such as CT and MRI are practically inaccessible to many of this developing nation’s 42 million citizens. Ultrasound, however, is more readily available but primarily limited to use in obstetrics. With proper training, the diagnostic utility of ultrasonography may be expanded to non-obstetric point-of-care examinations. In this study, we aimed to evaluate […]

Background: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training for hospitalists is important for direct patient care, supervision of Internal Medicine residents, and collaboration with Emergency Department and ICU providers. Current opportunities for POCUS training employ the I-AIM framework which structures learning objectives around indications, acquisition, image interpretation, and medical decision making. Unfortunately, learning image acquisition remains heavily time […]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), when integrated with a physical examination, increases accuracy of diagnosis and decreases procedural complications. Purpose: We developed the Integrated Sonographic Competency at NYU (I-ScaN) to train hospitalists in POCUS. Description: The program begins with an intensive 2-day course consisting of lectures, clip reviews, and hands-on training on humans models covering views […]

Background: This presentation will describe a novel study started during a sabbatical year in Colombia. It will briefly cover logistics of taking a sabbatical year and then discuss the ongoing project and preliminary results. Dengue, a neglected tropical viral disease transmitted by the Aedes egypti mosquito, is endemic in Colombia and serves as an ideal […]

Background: We have markedly expanded Point-of-Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) education within our Internal Medicine residency program through multifaceted instructional interventions. But despite an increasing number of trainees familiar with PoCUS, there remains insufficient real-time clinical use and supervision due to a lack of formal PoCUS training and experience among attending faculty. Traditional PoCUS faculty development programs […]

Background: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has expanded in popularity and practice amongst hospitalists, critical care physicians, and is a standard part of the emergency medicine curriculum for a multitude of reasons: increased diagnostic accuracy and speed, cost reduction, and reduced radiation exposure. Internal medicine (IM) residents are exposed to the practice of using POCUS at all […]

Case Presentation: 30-year-old male with no previous medical history presented with acute abdominal pain of 3 days duration. He noted abdominal distention for several years that was more prominent secondary to recent intentional weight loss. He denied periorbital edema, leg edema, dyspnea, orthopnea or PND. Examination revealed a protuberant abdomen with dull percussion note in […]