Training medical students in physical examination and point-of-care ultrasound: An assessment of the needs and barriers to acquiring skills in point-of-care ultrasound

Perception, Knowledge, Indications, and Future Prospects of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Among Medical Students in Saudi Arabia

“…In this study, 31.5% of senior medical students from various regions and institutions of Saudi Arabia received training in POCUS, while 23.4% claimed to have received informal training. These numbers show slightly higher percentages than those conducted at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), an institution in Riyadh, that observed 21.4% of their 229 respondents receiving formal training, with 12.7% receiving informal training [12]. While 1.3% of their respondents have obtained accreditation in POCUS, 3.6% have obtained it in our multi-regional analysis.…”

“…An electronic questionnaire from various studies [9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], consisting of four sections, was distributed through the databases of the colleges of medicine in all the provinces of Saudi Arabia. For each participant, the following will be filled: the first section included sociodemographics (age, gender, university), and the second section contained questions about training, accreditation, and the usage of POCUS.…”