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Background Ultrasound education has been used as a tool to help improve physical examination skills. However, its utility in increasing accuracy of joint line palpation has yet to be investigated. Objective To evaluate the accuracy of resident palpation and identification of the lateral knee joint line before and after introducing a musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) curriculum. Design Cohort study. Setting A physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency program at an academic institution. Participants Seventeen PM&R residents. Interventions Residents underwent a knee‐focused MSUS workshop. Main Outcome Measures Distance from needle placement to joint line confirmed with ultrasound. Results All residents demonstrated improved accuracy in lateral knee joint line palpation after completing a knee‐focused MSUS workshop, with statistically significant (P < .05) improvement in postgraduate year (PGY) 2 (P = .02), PGY‐3 (P = .04), and across all residents (P = .001). Conclusions MSUS education significantly improved lateral knee joint line palpation accuracy in resident physicians.

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