Open AccessCurrent Use, Perceived Barriers, and Learning Preference of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Emergency Medicine in Qatar – A Mixed Design
Author(s) -
Khalid Bashir,
Aftab Azad,
Ayman M. Hereiz,
Mohammed Bashir,
Maarij Masood,
Amr Elmoheen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
open access emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.408
H-Index - 14
ISSN - 1179-1500
DOI - 10.2147/oaem.s304153
Subject(s) - credentialing , medicine , curriculum , point of care ultrasound , descriptive statistics , family medicine , quality assurance , medical education , emergency department , nursing , psychology , pathology , pedagogy , statistics , mathematics , external quality assessment
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has been a part of emergency medicine (EM) training for almost two decades. EM training program has a very broad and rigorous POCUS curricula which, in several cases, does not translate to routine application in clinical settings. This study therefore sought to compare the indications, utilization, barriers, and preferred POCUS educational method in a large Middle Eastern academic EM.