A pilot survey on an understanding of point of care bedside ultrasound (POCUS) among medical doctors in internal medicine: Exposure, perceptions, interest and barriers to training:

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Introduction:Clinical bedside point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) is an important adjunct to history and physical examination. The objective of this pilot survey is to assess the level of exposure, perceptions, interest levels and possible barriers toward training of POCUS in internal medicine.Methods:In October 2015, all medical doctors who were working in the Singapore General Hospital Internal Medicine Department were invited to complete a hard-copy printed 27-question Likert-scale survey.Results:A total of 124 medical doctors participated in the survey (response rate 82.1%). The proportions of participants who have heard, witnessed, and performed POCUS were 65.6% (N = 82), 71.2% (N = 89) and 41.6% (N = 52), respectively. POCUS was rated highly on usefulness in the practice of internal medicine (M = 8.74; SD = 1.34). The top three POCUS skills that doctors would like to acquire would be (1) procedural guidance POCUS (70.8%); (2) point-of-care cardiac ultrasound (69%) and (3) lung ultrasound 58.4% (ba...