Pediatric Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in United States Emergency Medicine Residencies: Is Current Training Adequate?

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) Ultrasound (US) guidelines recommend a benchmark of 150-300 exams (25-50 per core modality) during emergency medicine (EM) residency. The original document has limited mention of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in pediatrics and the ACEP US compendium didn’t have a dedicated pediatric section until the most recent edition. The primary goals of this survey were to assess EM resident’s perception of training, confidence, and use of pediatric-specific POCUS during residency. A secondary objective was to identify any perceived barriers to pediatric POCUS.