Building a bigger tent in point-of-care ultrasound education: a mixed-methods evaluation of interprofessional, near-peer teaching of internal medicine residents by sonography students

Building a bigger tent in point-of-care ultrasound education: a mixed-methods evaluation of interprofessional, near-peer teaching of internal medicine residents by sonography students

Abstract Background Point-of-care-ultrasound (POCUS) training is expanding in undergraduate and graduate medical education, but lack of trained faculty is a major barrier. Two strategies that may help mitigate this obstacle are interprofessional education (IPE) and near-peer teaching. The objective...

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Main Authors: Christopher J. Smith, Tabatha Matthias, Elizabeth Beam, Kathryn Wampler, Lea Pounds, Devin Nickol, Kristy Carlson, Kimberly Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
Subjects:
Point-of-care ultrasound
Peer-teaching
Interprofessional education
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-018-1437-2

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