The evolution of an integrated ultrasound curriculum (iUSC) for medical students: 9-year experience.

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Published in Crit Ultrasound J on November 21, 2015

Authors

Richard A Hoppmann1, Victor V Rao2, Floyd Bell3, Mary Beth Poston4, Duncan B Howe5, Shaun Riffle6, Stephen Harris7, Ruth Riley8, Carol McMahon9, L Britt Wilson10, Erika Blanck11, Nancy A Richeson12, Lynn K Thomas13, Celia Hartman14, Francis H Neuffer15, Brian D Keisler16, Kerry M Sims17, Matthew D Garber18, C Osborne Shuler19, Michael Blaivas20, Shawn A Chillag21, Michael Wagner22, Keith Barron23, Danielle Davis24, James R Wells25, Donald J Kenney26, Jeffrey W Hall27, Paul H Bornemann28, David Schrift29, Patrick S Hunt30, William B Owens31, R Stephen Smith32, Allison G Jackson33, Kelsey Hagon34, Steven P Wilson35, Stanley D Fowler36, James F Catroppo37, Ali A Rizvi38, Caroline K Powell39, Thomas Cook40, Eric Brown41, Fernando A Navarro42, Joshua Thornhill43, Judith Burgis44, William R Jennings45, James B McCallum46, James M Nottingham47, James Kreiner48, Robert Haddad49, James R Augustine50, Norman W Pedigo51, Paul V Catalana52

Author Affiliations

1: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. richard.hoppmann@uscmed.sc.edu.
2: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Victor.Rao@uscmed.sc.edu.
3: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Floyd.Bell@uscmed.sc.edu.
4: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. MaryBeth.Poston@uscmed.sc.edu.
5: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Duncan.Howe@uscmed.sc.edu.
6: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Shaun.Riffle@uscmed.sc.edu.
7: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Stephen.Harris@uscmed.sc.edu.
8: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Ruth.Riley@uscmed.sc.edu.
9: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Carol.McMahon@uscmed.sc.edu.
10: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Britt.Wilson@uscmed.sc.edu.
11: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Erika.Blanck@uscmed.sc.edu.
12: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Nancy.Richeson@uscmed.sc.edu.
13: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Lynn.Thomas@uscmed.sc.edu.
14: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Celia.Hartman@uscmed.sc.edu.
15: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Francis.Neuffer@uscmed.sc.edu.
16: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Brian.Keisler@uscmed.sc.edu.
17: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Kerry.Sims@uscmed.sc.edu.
18: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Matthew.Garber@palmettohealth.org.
19: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Osborne.Shuler@uscmed.sc.edu.
20: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. mike@blaivas.org.
21: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Shawn.Chillag@uscmed.sc.edu.
22: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Michael.Wagner@uscmed.sc.edu.
23: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Keith.Barron@uscmed.sc.edu.
24: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. danielledavismd@yahoo.com.
25: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. James.Wells@uscmed.sc.edu.
26: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Donald.Kenney@uscmed.sc.edu.
27: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Jeff.Hall@uscmed.sc.edu.
28: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Paul.Bornemann@uscmed.sc.edu.
29: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. David.Schrift@uscmed.sc.edu.
30: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. huntpat@sc.rr.com.
31: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. William.Owens@uscmed.sc.edu.
32: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. flysurg@yahoo.com.
33: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Allison.Jackson@uscmed.sc.edu.
34: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Kelsey.Hagon@uscmed.sc.edu.
35: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Steve.Wilson@uscmed.sc.edu.
36: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. sdfowler@sc.rr.com.
37: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. James.Catroppo@uscmed.sc.edu.
38: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Ali.Rizvi@uscmed.sc.edu.
39: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. cekpowell@gmail.com.
40: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. tpcookmd@hotmail.com.
41: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. dreab2003@gmail.com.
42: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Fernando.Navarro@uscmed.sc.edu.
43: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Joshua.Thornhill@uscmed.sc.edu.
44: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Judy.Burgis@uscmed.sc.edu.
45: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. William.Jennings@PalmettoHealth.org.
46: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. James.McCallum@med.va.gov.
47: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. James.Nottingham@uscmed.sc.edu.
48: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. James.Kreiner@PalmettoHealth.org.
49: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. lasvia@me.com.
50: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Jim.Augustine@uscmed.sc.edu.
51: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. Norman.Pedigo@uscmed.sc.edu.
52: Dorothea H. Krebs Endowed Chair of Ultrasound Education, University of South Carolina, School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, 29208, USA. pcatalana@ghs.org.

Associated clinical trials:

Near-peer Tutoring Compared With a Standard Faculty-led Course for Undergraduate Training in Abdominal Ultrasound. (SIGNATURE) | NCT04114812

Point of Care Ultrasound Use by General Practitioners in France (Echo-MG) (Echo-MG) | NCT04583670

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