Survey participants’ attitudes about aspects of POCUS in the health care system: Levels of agreement with statements were based on a 5-point Likert scale from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree).
| STATEMENT | MEAN LEVEL OF AGREEMENT WITH STATEMENT |
|---|---|
| POCUS should be embedded within UGME curricula | 4.5 |
| Residency training should have more POCUS exposure | 4.5 |
| All practising rural physicians should be using POCUS as the standard of care | 4.0 |
| I would attend virtual POCUS rounds, if available | 3.8 |
| A specialist (eg, radiologist, cardiologist) should help with image interpretation by sharing POCUS images | 3.7 |
| There should be a way to have real-time POCUS support | 3.6 |
| Image interpretation support should be available later | 3.6 |
| Written documentation for POCUS scans is mandatory | 3.1 |
| POCUS images should be stored for quality assurance | 3.0 |
| POCUS users should show proof of proficiency before using it | 2.6 |
| Clinicians using POCUS should have specific privileges for use in a facility | 2.4 |
| POCUS is risky because it leads to more false-positive and false-negative diagnoses than for those who do not use it | 1.9 |
POCUS—point-of-care ultrasound, UGME—undergraduate medical education.