Training Surgical Residents for Ultrasound-Guided Assessment and Management of Unstable Patients

Proficiency in the use of ultrasound is presently not an ACGME required core competency for accredited surgical training. There should be a basic unified ultrasound curriculum for surgical trainees. We developed a multimodal ultrasound-training program to ensure baseline proficiency and readiness for clinical performance without impacting trainee duty hours.

Source: Journal of Surgical Education - October 12, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Faraz Mahmood, Jeffrey Bortman, Rabia Amir, John Mitchell, Vanessa Wong, Ruby Feng, Zhifeng Gao, Yannis Amador, Mario Montealegre-Gallegos, Tara Kent, Robina Matyal Tags: Original Reports Source Type: research