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Education Indicators for Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound: a Consensus Report from the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group

Authors: Anshula Ambasta, Marko Balan, Michael Mayette, Alberto Goffi, Sharon Mulvagh, Brian Buchanan, Steven Montague, Shannon Ruzycki, Irene W. Y. Ma, On behalf of the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 10/2019

Abstract

Background

Curriculum development and implementation for internal medicine point-of-care ultrasound (IM POCUS) continues to be a challenge for many residency training programs. Education indicators may provide a useful framework to support curriculum development and implementation efforts across programs in order to achieve a consistent high-quality educational experience.

Objective

This study seeks to establish consensus-based recommendations for education indicators for IM POCUS training programs in Canada.

Design

This consensus study uses a modified nominal group technique for voting in the initial round, followed by two additional rounds of online voting, with consensus defined as agreement by at least 80% of the participants.

Participants

Participants were 22 leaders with POCUS and/or education expertise from 13 Canadian internal medicine residency programs across 7 provinces.

Main Measures

Education indicators considered were those that related to aspects of the POCUS educational system, could be presented by a single statistical measure, were readily understood, could be reliably measured to provide a benchmark for measuring change, and represented a policy issue. We excluded a priori indicators with low feasibility, are impractical, or assess learner reactions. Candidate indicators were drafted by two academic internists with post-graduate training in POCUS and medical education. These indicators were reviewed by two internists with training in quality improvement prior to presentation to the expert participants.

Key Results

Of the 52 candidate education indicators considered, 6 reached consensus in the first round, 12 in the second, and 4 in the third round. Only 5 indicators reached consensus to be excluded; the remaining indicators did not reach consensus.

Conclusions

The Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) group recommends 22 education indicators be used to guide and monitor internal medicine POCUS curriculum development efforts in Canada.

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Title: Education Indicators for Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound: a Consensus Report from the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group
Authors: Anshula Ambasta
Marko Balan
Michael Mayette
Alberto Goffi
Sharon Mulvagh
Brian Buchanan
Steven Montague
Shannon Ruzycki
Irene W. Y. Ma
On behalf of the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group
Publication date: 01-10-2019
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Keywords: Ultrasound
Care
Ultrasound
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 10/2019
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-019-05124-1

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