Erratum: This Article Corrects: "Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert Consensus Model".

[This corrects the article on p. 649 in vol. 19, PMID: 30013699.].

Systemwide Clinical Ultrasound Program Development: An Expert Consensus Model.

Clinical ultrasound (CUS) is integral to the practice of an increasing number of medical specialties. Guidelines are needed to ensure effective CUS utilization across health systems. Such guidelines should address all aspects of CUS within a hospital or health system. These include leadership, training, competency, credentialing, quality assurance and improvement, documentation, archiving, workflow, equipment, and infrastructure issues relating to communication and information technology. To meet this need, a group of CUS subject matter experts, who have been involved in institution- and/or systemwide clinical ultrasound (SWCUS) program development convened. The purpose of this paper was to create a model for SWCUS development and implementation.

Motivations, job procurement, and job satisfaction among current and former ultrasound fellows.

OBJECTIVES: Over the past decade, emergency medicine ultrasound (US) fellowships have proliferated, yet there are no published data describing employment trends among fellowship graduates. This study sought to assess factors motivating emergency physicians to pursue an US fellowship and to characterize their employment and job satisfaction after graduation. METHODS: An electronic survey was conducted of US fellows and graduates representing all 35 known fellowship programs. Non-responders were contacted at 2 weeks to encourage participation. Primary outcome measurements were the importance of factors motivating individuals to pursue an US fellowship (as rated on a numeric scale), job satisfaction among US fellowship graduates, the proportion of respondents practicing in academic versus community hospitals, clinical hours per week, and the rate of procurement of one's top choice of job after graduation. The chi-square test or Fisher's exact test was used for categorical variables, and the Mann-Whitney U-test was used to compare continuous variables between two groups. RESULTS: Of 170 invitations sent, 10 were undeliverable. The response rate was 61%; 74 graduates and 23 fellows completed the survey. Enhancing job opportunities, enjoyment of US, long-term job satisfaction and gaining skills not learned in residency rated highest as reasons for pursuing an US fellowship. Among graduates, 20% are satisfied with their current job, while 78% are very satisfied or extremely satisfied. Nearly one-third of graduates (31%) work primarily in non-academic hospitals, while only 9% of current fellows aspire to work in non-academic settings in the future. There was no difference in job satisfaction between academic- and community-based graduates. In comparison to those graduating in previous years, fellows graduating in 2008 were less likely to get their top job (97% vs. 75.0%, p = 0.018). CONCLUSIONS: Job satisfaction is high among US fellowship graduates and is unrelated to academic versus community affiliation. Three-fourths of recent graduates obtain their top choice of job upon completion of fellowship.

Resident training in emergency ultrasound: consensus recommendations from the 2008 Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors Conference.

Over the past 25 years, research performed by emergency physicians (EPs) demonstrates that bedside ultrasound (US) can improve the care of emergency department (ED) patients. At the request of the Council of Emergency Medicine Residency Directors (CORD), leaders in the field of emergency medicine (EM) US met to delineate in consensus fashion the model "US curriculum" for EM residency training programs. The goal of this article is to provide a framework for providing US education to EM residents. These guidelines should serve as a foundation for the growth of resident education in EM US. The intent of these guidelines is to provide minimum education standards for all EM residency programs to refer to when establishing an EUS training program. The document focuses on US curriculum, US education, and competency assessment. The use of US in the management of critically ill patients will improve patient care and thus should be viewed as a required skill set for all future graduating EM residents. The authors consider EUS skills critical to the development of an emergency physician, and a minimum skill set should be mandatory for all graduating EM residents. The US education provided to EM residents should be structured to allow residents to incorporate US into daily clinical practice. Image acquisition and interpretation alone are insufficient. The ability to integrate findings with patient care and apply them in a busy clinical environment should be stressed.