Resident US

The goal of our residency POCUS curriculum is to prepare our graduates to use POCUS confidently and independently in daily practice, in order to provide efficient, value-added, and patient-centric care. Our curriculum is longitudinal, extensive, and encourages continued practice and feedback. Our residents typically graduate with at least 300-400 supervised clinical POCUS studies, along with additional scholarship and teaching experience. 

Our curriculum covers both core applications such as E-FAST, echocardiography, abdominal POCUS, and DVT, as well as advanced topics like advanced echocardiography, MSK, and regional anesthesia applications. Specific components of the curriculum include:

  • Intern Bootcamp (1-2 talks as well as a Sonogames competition)
  • Required Intern rotation (two weeks of a blended curriculum)
  • On-shift scanning with dedicated faculty who provide feedback if needed
  • Monthly QA sessions that offer feedback to residents
  • Monthly POCUS didactics and skills labs integrated into residency conference
  • Quarterly POCUS journal club
  • An optional longitudinal track that allows residents to focus on POCUS as a mini-fellowship during residency
  • Optional advanced electives in critical care POCUS, regional anesthesia, and medical education

Examples of resident scholarly work in POCUS include:

  • Taylor James and Jack Basse – Augmented reality FAST training module. Accepted for presentation at the UC Simulation Symposium, September 2024.
  • Bryan Merte – The effect of POCUS in reducing patient length of stay in renal and biliary colic. Accepted for presentation at the UC Simulation Symposium, September 2024.
  • Haig Aintabian – Utility of ultrasound in managing acute medical conditions in space: a scoping review. Published in The Ultrasound Journal, 2023.
  • David Haase and Sima Sadeghinejad – Using tele-ultrasound to teach medical students: a randomized control equivalence study. Published in AJUM, 2023. 
  • Agatha Brzezinski and David Haase – Ultraound detected increase in optic disk height to identify elevated intracranial pressure: a systematic review. Published in The Ultrasound Journal, 2023.
  • Kenneth Kim and Taylor James – Development of a regional anesthesia POCUS elective
  • Bryan Merte – Development of an advanced critical care POCUS elective.