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September 10, 2025Open Access

Point-of-care Ultrasound in Internal Medicine Residency: A Multicenter Survey in Mexico

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FGFernando González-ValdiviaGIGonzaga-López Teresa IvonneAAArce-Salinas César Alejandro

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Overview

Multicenter survey assesses barriers and practices of point-of-care ultrasound in internal medicine residency.

Key Points

  • Ninety-six percent of participants supported the integration of point-of-care ultrasound into training and practice.
  • Forty-five percent of tertiary hospitals reported structured curricula for point-of-care ultrasound applications.
  • Point-of-care ultrasound barriers included lack of equipment (65.8%) and shortage of trained instructors (57.5%).
  • Thoracentesis training was more common in secondary hospitals compared to tertiary hospitals (59% vs. 30%).

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González-Valdivia et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c187179b7b07f3a0610a37https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-7437773/v1
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