Ria Dancel, MD
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Med-Peds hospitalist, Professor, proceduralist, #POCUS, APD med-peds residency @ University of North Carolina. All opinions my own.
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Which exams and #POCUS applications you include in your #IMPOCUS curriculum? To @AAIMOnline IM program directors & POCUS champions, these expert recommendations are for you. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Internal medicine residents in New York completed a novel renal #POCUS curriculum with online lectures and hands-on training during a 2-week nephrology rotation. Residents showed a sustained increase in confidence post-training.

📖 Read the full article here: pocusjournal.com/article/17479
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A recent survey of cardiologists at major U.S. hospitals found that while 71% believe cardiac #POCUS should be used more in clinical practice, over half reported that they don’t have the tools or systems to do it properly.

📖 Read the full study here: pocusjournal.com/article/17258/
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Also a good example of why the abdominal preset lacks the temporal resolution to give good cardiac images. The orientation is less of a sin IMO than the lack of resolution. But it’s a very close competition. 🫣
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Practice makes perfect... or is there more?

A study showed learners who uploaded #POCUS clips to a portfolio scored higher on a knowledge test a year later, than those who didn’t.

Find out more in Ep. 10 of the POCUS Journal Podcast!

🎧: pocusjournal.com/podcast/
📖: pocusjournal.com/article/17640/
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Sometimes outsourced to our respiratory therapists.
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Join me for a webinar on Feb 26 at 2:00 PM EST on creating a #POCUS curriculum from scratch - a labor of love that has taking over a decade of work at @UNCDeptMedicine. Free registration @Wolters_Kluwer: bit.ly/432ZIzB
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