Nilam J Soni, Jeremy S Boyd, Gregory Mints, Kevin C Proud, Trevor P Jensen, Gigi Liu, Benji K Mathews, Christopher K Schott, Linda Kurian, Charles M LoPresti, Phil Andrus, Robert Nathanson, Natalie Smith, Elizabeth K Haro, Michael J Mader, Jacqueline Pugh, Marcos I Restrepo, Brian P Lucas
BACKGROUND: Lack of training is currently the most common barrier to implementation of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) use in clinical practice, and in-person POCUS continuing medical education (CME) courses have been paramount in improving this training gap. Due to travel restrictions and physical distancing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic, most in-person POCUS training courses were cancelled. Though tele-ultrasound technology has existed for several years, use of tele-ultrasound technology to deliver hands-on training during a POCUS CME course has not been previously described...
September 6, 2021: The ultrasound journal