Table 2. POCUS education status and perception.
| Characteristics | Responders, No (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POCUS education (n = 392) | ||||
| Education experience, yes | 285 (73) | |||
| Own institutional education, yes | 161 (41) | |||
| Education site (n = 277)a | ||||
| SECCI workshop | 193 (70) | |||
| KSEM workshop | 165 (60) | |||
| Other department workshops | 76 (27) | |||
| Own institution only | 30 (11) | |||
| Education type (n = 278)a | ||||
| Hands-on | 177 (64) | |||
| Lecture | 252 (91) | |||
| Review of scan results | 92 (33) | |||
| Frequency of own institutional education (n = 161) | ||||
| Every week | 11 (7) | |||
| Every month | 29 (18) | |||
| Every quarter/year | 74 (46) | |||
| Irregular | 47 (29) | |||
| Should POCUS be EM residency mandatory training? (n = 390) | ||||
| Necessary | 297 (76) | |||
| Necessary but not mandatory | 92 (23) | |||
| Not required | 1 (1) | |||
| Should POCUS training be provided by EM specialist? (n = 390) | ||||
| Yesa (n = 237) | ||||
| Because, Good understanding of special circumstances in ER | 217 (92) | |||
| Can focus on teaching what is important | 167 (71) | |||
| Need for fast ultrasound scans | 137 (58) | |||
| Short of knowledge about other department's emergency disease | 69 (29) | |||
| POCUS does not require special knowledge | 49 (21) | |||
| Noa (n = 153) | ||||
| No matter where | 102 (67) | |||
| Because, Can learn professional content | 81 (53) | |||
| More systematic education possible | 54 (35) | |||
| Superior interpretation of results | 33 (22) | |||
| Superior scan technique | 32 (21) | |||
POCUS = point-of-care ultrasound, SECCI = Society of Emergency and Critical Care Imaging, KSEM = Korean Society of Emergency Medicine, EM = emergency medicine, ER = emergency room.
aMultiple response questionnaire.