POCUS for Academic Programs

If your program trains medical students, PA and NP students, or residents, we review your current POCUS curriculum and tell you what to change. We design curricula to fit your department, your specialty, and ACGME requirements, across every learner level from students to faculty.

The consultation encompasses:

Rotation Structure

A good rotation mixes hands-on scanning with teaching. We build a schedule that balances scanning alongside faculty with independent bedside scanning, so learners get both guidance and reps.

Curriculum

Most POCUS rotations run without a real curriculum, so learners drift. We write one with clear objectives for each level, covering faculty time, didactics, and independent scanning, so everyone knows what they are supposed to learn and when.

Didactics

Lectures introduce each POCUS topic and the pathology that goes with it. We use a flipped-classroom approach: learners watch the recorded lectures before the hands-on session, so faculty time goes to scanning and discussion instead of slides. The lectures stay available after the rotation ends, so learners can go back to them.

Online Modules

Repetition is how anyone gets good at scanning. We provide online modules learners can open anytime, so after they practice an exam they can review the module and reinforce it. Each module includes a lecture and a quiz, for both basic and advanced exams, and comes as an annual subscription or lifetime access. A robust learning management system (LMS) can be employed.

Faculty Development

A rotation is only as good as the faculty running it. We train your POCUS champions on how to teach and how to manage the rotation, either remotely or in person, and fill in whatever gaps exist in their own POCUS skills.

Resources and Equipment

Thin faculty coverage and limited pathology are the two things that hold most rotations back. We look at what you have and tell you what would help, whether that is simulation models or machines with teaching features built in, and we point you to specific products worth buying.

Learner Evaluation

You need a way to know whether learners are actually competent. We build evaluation into the rotation with tools like hands-on scenarios and quizzes, so you can assess skill and get feedback to improve the rotation over time.ion quality. Our evaluation strategies, which may include hands-on scenarios and quizzes, ensure comprehensive assessment and provide valuable feedback for continuous improvement.