Integration of Ultrasound in Undergraduate Medical Education at the California Medical Schools |
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| Authors: | Alan T. Chiem MD MPH Zachary Soucy DO Vi Am Dinh MD Mikaela Chilstrom MD Laleh Gharahbaghian MD Virag Shah MD Anthony Medak MD Arun Nagdev MD Timothy Jang MD Elena Stark MD PhD Aliasgher Hussain MD Viveta Lobo MD Abraham Pera DO J. Christian Fox MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Olive View–UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Sylmar, California USA;2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, New Hampshire USA;3. Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California USA;4. University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California USA;5. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California USA;6. University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California USA;7. Highland General Hospital, University of California San Francisco School of Medicine, Oakland, California USA;8. Harbor‐UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California USA;9. UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California USA;10. Touro University College of Medicine, San Francisco, California USA;11. University of California Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California USA |
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| Abstract: | Since the first medical student ultrasound electives became available more than a decade ago, ultrasound in undergraduate medical education has gained increasing popularity. More than a dozen medical schools have fully integrated ultrasound education in their curricula, with several dozen more institutions planning to follow suit. Starting in June 2012, a working group of emergency ultrasound faculty at the California medical schools began to meet to discuss barriers as well as innovative approaches to implementing ultrasound education in undergraduate medical education. It became clear that an ongoing collaborative could be formed to discuss barriers, exchange ideas, and lend support for this initiative. The group, termed Ultrasound in Medical Education, California (UMeCali), was formed with 2 main goals: to exchange ideas and resources in facilitating ultrasound education and to develop a white paper to discuss our experiences. Five common themes integral to successful ultrasound education in undergraduate medical education are discussed in this article: (1) initiating an ultrasound education program; (2) the role of medical student involvement; (3) integration of ultrasound in the preclinical years; (4) developing longitudinal ultrasound education; and (5) addressing competency. |
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| Keywords: | curriculum development medical student ultrasound education |
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