POCUS and Procedure Curriculum
Procedural training used to be a core competency of GME. While this is no longer a requirement in Internal Medicine, many of our residents go on to careers in Hospital Medicine, Critical Care, and other specialties which require procedural skills. We thus believe that rigorous procedural training should be available to those desiring it. Similarly, while point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has not yet become a mandatory component of IM residency, it is increasingly recognized as a useful tool in clinical care and demand is high for training in its use.
Curriculum components and highlights
- Interns receive an introduction to POCUS and hands on practice for cardiac POCUS and common IM procedures during their orientation. Further didactic and hands-on sessions are included in intern academic half-day throughout the year
- Starting 2nd year, residents have the option of joining the “POCUS track” for further POCUS and procedure training. This includes:
- monthly academic half-day didactic and hands-on sessions on focused topics
- preferential inclusion for elective on the Hospitalist POCUS and Procedure Consult service
- access to ultrasound equipment for independent use
- regular QA of independently-obtained POCUS studies
- one on one attention for residents approaching POCUS credentialing
POCUS and Procedure Track Leadership
Tara Scribner MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
IMRP core faculty and director of POCUS program
