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. 2024 Dec 21;24:1513. doi: 10.1186/s12909-024-06501-z

Table 3.

Medical students’ attitudes towards whether medical schools should teach PoCUS

Statement Likert scale response (N %)
Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
COM should incorporate PoCUS into its undergraduate curriculum 2 (0.9%) 11 (4.8%) 30 (13.1%) 90 (39.3%) 96 (41.9%)
COM would attract more applicants if its curriculum included PoCUS 6 (2.6%) 15 (6.6%) 65 (28.4%) 76 (33.2%) 67 (29.3%)
All medical schools should include PoCUS in their undergraduate curriculum 1 (0.4%) 10 (4.4%) 36 (15.7%) 89 (38.9%) 93 (40.6%)

Data are presented as frequencies and percentages. Abbreviations. COM, college of medicine; PoCUS, point-of-care ultrasound