Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of 170 participants who completed the survey
| Baseline characteristics | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 95 (56) |
| Female | 74 (44) |
| Age | |
| < 35 years | 51 (30) |
| 35–44 years | 59 (41) |
| 45–54 years | 37 (22) |
| 55–64 years | 9 (5) |
| 65 years or older | 4 (2) |
| Years in clinical practice | |
| 1–4 years | 71 (42) |
| 5–10 years | 45 (26) |
| 11–20 years | 28 (16) |
| 21 years or more | 26 (15) |
| Prior point-of-care (POCUS) ultrasound traininga | |
| No prior training | 32 (19) |
| Self-learned (textbooks, YouTube, websites) | 64 (38) |
| Bedside teaching (supervised scanning) | 54 (38) |
| Didactic lecture(s) | 55 (32) |
| < 1 day workshop/course | 48 (28) |
| 1–3 day workshop/course | 61 (36) |
| Dedicated POCUS elective during training | 17 (10) |
| POCUS-specific certifications | 8 (5) |
| POCUS fellowship | 4 (2) |
Not every participant answered every question
aParticipants were able to choose more than one response