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      Bedside ultrasound education in Canadian medical schools: A national survey

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          Abstract

          Background

          This study was carried out to determine the extent and characteristics of bedside ultrasound teaching in medical schools across Canada.

          Methods

          A cross-sectional, survey-based study was used to assess undergraduate bedside ultrasound education in the 17 accredited medical schools in Canada. The survey, consisting of 19 questions was pilot-tested, web-based, and completed over a period of seven months in 2014.

          Results

          Approximately half of the 13 responding medical schools had integrated bedside ultrasound teaching into their undergraduate curriculum. The most common trends in undergraduate ultrasound teaching related to duration (1–5 hours/year in 50% of schools), format (practical and theoretical in 67% of schools), and logistics (1:4 instructor to student ratio in 67% of schools). The majority of responding vice-deans indicated that bedside ultrasound education should be integrated into the medical school curriculum (77%), and cited a lack of ultrasound machines and infrastructure as barriers to integration.

          Conclusions

          This study documents the current characteristics of undergraduate ultrasound education in Canada.

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                Author and article information

                Journal
                Can Med Educ J
                Can Med Educ J
                Canadian Medical Education Journal
                University of Calgary, Health Sciences Centre
                1923-1202
                2016
                31 March 2016
                : 7
                : 1
                : e78-e86
                Affiliations
                [1 ]Department of Family Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC
                [2 ]Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC
                Author notes
                Correspondence: Peter Steinmetz, MD. Assistant Professor, Director, Undergraduate Bedside Ultrasound Teaching, McGill University. 3830 Ave. Lancombe, Montreal, QC Canada H3T 1M5; peter.steinmetz@ 123456mcgill.ca
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                cmej0778
                10.36834/cmej.36646
                4830376
                27103956
                18c73088-4c70-408b-b2d9-f402f042bba0
                © 2016 Steinmetz, Dobrescu, Oleskevich, Lewis; licensee Synergies Partners

                This is an Open Journal Systems article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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