What does this research mean for the field?

Only 19.4% of U.S. emergency ultrasound fellowship directors currently meet the updated 2026 ABEM publication benchmark, with longer tenure in the role being associated with a higher likelihood of meeting the requirement. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

To evaluate scholarly productivity among emergency ultrasound fellowship directors and assess adherence to the updated 2026 ABEM benchmark requiring at least five qualifying publications.

September 10, 2026AEM Education and TrainingOpen Access

Scholarly Productivity of Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Directors: A National Cross‐Sectional Analysis

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LDLachlan DriverBrigham and Women's Hospital LPLeland PericeBrown University TSTrent SheHartford Hospital

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Cross-sectional study finds low attainment of upcoming 2026 publication benchmarks among emergency ultrasound fellowship directors, highlighting the need for institutional mentorship and protected...

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To evaluate scholarly productivity among emergency ultrasound fellowship directors and assess adherence to the updated 2026 ABEM benchmark requiring at least five qualifying publications.
Conducted a national cross-sectional study of 134 U.S. emergency ultrasound fellowship programs listed by the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships (SCUF).
Identified publication histories across PubMed, the SCUF website, MedEdPORTAL, and ACEP Sonoguide, and modeled associations using multivariable logistic regression.
Only 26 of 134 directors (19.4%) met the updated 2026 benchmark of ≥ 5 first-, second-, or last-author publications, compared to 56 directors (41.8%) meeting the 2011 standard.
Fellowship directors had a median of 3 years in their role (IQR 1–6) and a median of 1 qualifying publication (IQR 0–4), with 42.5% possessing at least one first-author publication.
Each additional year of experience as a fellowship director was associated with a 12% increase in the odds of meeting the 2026 publication threshold (aOR 1.12, 95% CI 1.02–1.24).

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Driver et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa27afb58559d80afc73e99 https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.70251

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Cross-sectional study finds low attainment of upcoming 2026 publication benchmarks among emergency ultrasound fellowship directors, highlighting the need for institutional mentorship and protected...