Start spreading the news: a deliberate approach to POCUS program development and implementation

The Ultrasound Journal
Mathilde Gaudreau-Simard1, Elaine Kilabuk2, Samantha Halman3, Krista Wooller3, Michael Y. Woo3, Robert Arntfield4, Irene Ma5, Alan J. Forster3
1Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Civic Hospital, University of Ottawa, 1053 Carling Ave, D 107, Box 209, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada
2Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa General Hospital, University of Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON, K1Y 4E9, Canada
3The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, The Ottawa Hospital, 725 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa, ON, K1y 4E9, Canada
4Division of Critical Care, London Health Sciences Center, Victoria Hospital, Western University, 800 Commissioners Road East, Room D2 521A, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada
5Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4N1, Canada

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AbstractWhile there is an expanding body of literature on Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) pedagogy, administrative elements that are necessary for the widespread adoption of POCUS in the clinical environment have received little attention. In this short communication, we seek to address this gap by sharing our institutional experience with POCUS program development and implementation. The five pillars of our program, selected to tackle local barriers to POCUS uptake, are education, workflow, patient safety, research, and sustainability. Our program logic model outlines the inputs, activities, and outputs of our program. Finally, key indicators for the monitoring of program implementation efforts are presented. Though designed for our local context, this approach may readily be adapted toward other clinical environments. We encourage others leading the integration of POCUS at their centers to adopt this approach not only to achieve sustainable change but also to ensure that quality safeguards are in place.

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