Lack of general medicine faculty expertise is a likely contributor to the slow adoption of point of care ultrasound (POCUS) by internal medicine (IM) residency training programs. We developed a 10-week faculty development program, during which 15 faculty members participated in 2 hours and 10 hours of online didactic and hands-on training, respectively. Pre–post comparisons showed that there were statistically significant improvements in faculty participants' ability to interpret images (p 0.001), perceived understanding of the capabilities and limitations of POCUS (p= 0.003), comfort using POCUS to make clinical decisions (p= 0.003), and perceptions regarding the extent to which POCUS can improve patient care (p= 0.026). The next challenge for IM programs is to improve access to ultrasound machines and provide follow-up workshops to facilitate further development of skills and integration of POCUS into daily practice by general medicine faculty.
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机译：普通医学教职人员的缺乏可能是内部医学（IM）住院医师培训计划缓慢采用即时医疗超声（POCUS）的原因。我们制定了一个为期10周的教师发展计划，在此计划中，有15名教师分别参加了2个小时和10个小时的在线教学和动手培训。事前比较表明，在教职工解释图像的能力（ p <0.001），对POCUS的能力和局限性的理解（ p = 0.003），使用POCUS的舒适度方面有统计学上的显着提高。做出临床决策（p = 0.003），以及对POCUS可以改善患者护理程度的看法（p = 0.026）。 IM计划的下一个挑战是改善使用超声波机器的机会，并提供后续研讨会，以促进技能的进一步发展以及将POCUS纳入普通医学教师的日常实践。
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