Table 3.

Survey data: attitudes and intentions (N=11)^a

Question: To what extent do you think incorporating POCUS into your practice will improve the care you provide to patients?
	Minimally	Somewhat	Greatly	Not sure		Declined/missing	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre		7 (46.67)	8 (53.33)				0.026
Post		2 (13.33)	13 (86.67)
Question: To what degree do you agree with the following statement: point of care ultrasound is a diagnostic modality that can be used by clinicians to provide more accurate and quicker diagnosis for several disease processes?
	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Declined	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre	5 (33.33)	6 (40.00)					0.10
Post	9 (73.33)	2 (26.67)
Question: To what degree do you agree with the following statement: Developing skills in point of care ultrasound will help me provide better patient care.
	Strongly agree	Agree	Neutral	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Declined	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre	6(54.45)	4 (36.36)	1 (9.09)				0.0464
Post	10 (90.90)	1 (9.09)
Question: How comfortable do you feel with your understanding of the capabilities and limitations of POCUS?
	Not at all	Minimally	Moderately	Quite	Extremely	Declined/missing	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre	2 (18.18)	8 (72.72)	1 (9.09)				0.0032
Post		1 (9.09)	6 (54.54)	3 (27.27)	1 (9.09)
Question: How comfortable do you feel with your understanding of the ultrasound machine and your ability to operate it within different clinical scenarios?
	Not at all	Minimally	Moderately	Quite	Extremely	Declined/missing	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre	6 (54.54)	4 (36.36)	1 (9.09)				0.0031
Post			11 (100)
Question: How likely are you to integrate POCUS into your routine clinical care?
	Not likely to use at all	Infrequently	Occasionally	Frequently	Extensively	Declined/missing	Wilcoxon signed-rank test
Pre			5 (45.45)	6 (54.54)			0.59
Post			5 (45.45)	4 (36.36)	2 (18.18)
Question: Would you recommend this course to your colleagues?
	Definitely	Probably	Not sure	No
Post	13 (86.87)	2 (13.33)

^aThe first 3 of the 15 faculty members participating in the pilot were not asked the above-mentioned questions.