Abstract:BACKGROUND: Short-term medical missions prevail as the most common form of international medical volunteerism, but they are ill-suited for medical education and training local providers in resource-limited settings.
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a longitudinal educational program in training clinicians how to perform point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) in resource-limited clinics.
DESIGN: A retrospective study of such a four-month POCUS training program was conducted… Show more
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