A National Needs Assessment of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training for Hospitalists

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is the use of ultrasound at the bedside to answer a specific diagnostic question or guide performance of an invasive procedure.1,2 Though many medical schools and internal medicine residency programs have started teaching POCUS,3 most practicing hospitalists completed their training without any experience in POCUS.1-3 Now, many practicing hospitalists are seeking continuing medical education courses to learn how to use POCUS. Currently, it is unknown how hospitalists are using POCUS and what training needs exist.