Christian Junker, PA-C, is a clinical assistant professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Priyanka Vakkalanka, PhD, is an associate research scientist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2023 Dec 1;34(4):329-332. doi: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000543. Epub 2023 Sep 28.
Clinical ultrasound training is essential to any emergency medicine (EM) clinician's skill set. We aim to understand the current training patterns of clinical ultrasound training within Advanced Practice Provider (APP) residencies.
In a survey sent electronically to 17 active EM APP residencies, data were obtained from 21 responses to questions about structure of ultrasound faculty, quality assessment, feedback, and competency evaluation.
We had a response rate of 88%. Of programs surveyed, 93% were associated with EM physician residencies with 87% led by an ultrasound fellowship-trained EM physician. Ninety-three percent of programs required proctored scanning. Sixty percent of programs do not have any required number of scans to graduate.
We found that most EM APP residencies share clinical ultrasound faculty, structures, and processes with associated EM physician residencies. We believe that quality training within clinical ultrasound is attainable; however, proficiency guidelines across EM APP residency programs are lacking.
临床超声培训对于任何急诊医学（EM）临床医生的技能都至关重要。我们旨在了解高级执业医师（APP）住院医师中临床超声培训的当前培训模式。
在向 17 个活跃的 EM APP 住院医师电子发送的调查中，从 21 个有关超声教师结构，质量评估，反馈和能力评估的问题的回答中获得了数据。
我们的回应率为 88％。在所调查的计划中，93％与 EM 医师住院医师有关，其中 87％由经过超声专科培训的 EM 医师领导。93％的计划要求进行有监督的扫描。有 60％的计划没有任何规定的毕业扫描次数。
我们发现，大多数 EM APP 住院医师与相关的 EM 医师住院医师共享临床超声教师，结构和流程。我们相信可以进行高质量的培训；但是，EM APP 住院医师计划中缺乏熟练程度指南。
