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A Primary Care Ultrasound Fellowship: Training for Clinical Practice and Future Educators
Author(s) -
Barron Keith R.,
Wagner Michael S.,
Hunt Patrick S.,
Rao Victor V.,
Bell Floyd E.,
AbdelGhani Saaid,
Schrift David,
Norton Duncan,
Bornemann Paul H.,
Haddad Robert,
Hoppmann Richard A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.14772
Subject(s) - medicine , primary care , ultrasonography , point of care ultrasound , family medicine , medical education , ultrasound , nursing , radiology
As ultrasound devices become smaller, more portable, and more user friendly, there is now widespread use of this technology by physicians of all specialties, yet there are currently few structured opportunities for ultrasound education outside of emergency and critical care medicine. Anticipating the rising educational demand in the primary care specialties, the University of South Carolina School of Medicine created a primary care ultrasound fellowship in 2011, the first yearlong training program in point‐of‐care ultrasonography for graduates of internal medicine, medicine‐pediatrics, pediatrics, and family medicine residencies. This paper reviews the history of point‐of‐care ultrasonography fellowships and then provides an overview of the primary care ultrasound fellowship.