TY - JOUR
T1 - The prevalence of ultrasound curricula in a sampling of U.S. physician assistant programs and recommendations for common ultrasound objectives
T2 - A national survey
AU - Parker, Morgan
AU - Johnson, Laura
AU - Paquette, Roland
AU - Sakaguchi, Alan
AU - Kar, Rekha
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 American Association for Anatomy.
PY - 2024/6
Y1 - 2024/6
N2 - An increasing number of practicing physician assistants (PAs) are using ultrasound (US) in clinical settings. However, a lack of US learning objectives for PA students limits the optimal integration of this imaging modality in PA curricula. This study surveyed PA program directors across the United States to create a list of US learning objectives for PA students and to gauge their attitudes toward integrating US into anatomy curricula. Thirty-one of the 280 PA program directors responded to the survey. While 87% of participants reported that their institution includes ultrasound in its curriculum, 71% disagreed that the state of the use of ultrasound throughout their PA curriculum is fine and needs no modification. Based on the responses of the survey participants, this study categorized US learning objectives into high, medium, low, and no agreement for integration in PA curricula. As over half of the learning objectives (73%, 43/59) had high agreement for inclusion in curricula, this study demonstrates an opportunity for educators to include US in PA curricula.
AB - An increasing number of practicing physician assistants (PAs) are using ultrasound (US) in clinical settings. However, a lack of US learning objectives for PA students limits the optimal integration of this imaging modality in PA curricula. This study surveyed PA program directors across the United States to create a list of US learning objectives for PA students and to gauge their attitudes toward integrating US into anatomy curricula. Thirty-one of the 280 PA program directors responded to the survey. While 87% of participants reported that their institution includes ultrasound in its curriculum, 71% disagreed that the state of the use of ultrasound throughout their PA curriculum is fine and needs no modification. Based on the responses of the survey participants, this study categorized US learning objectives into high, medium, low, and no agreement for integration in PA curricula. As over half of the learning objectives (73%, 43/59) had high agreement for inclusion in curricula, this study demonstrates an opportunity for educators to include US in PA curricula.
KW - physician assistant students
KW - ultrasound integration
KW - ultrasound integration in anatomy
KW - ultrasound learning objective
KW - ultrasound milestone
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U2 - 10.1002/ase.2375
DO - 10.1002/ase.2375
M3 - Article
C2 - 38197498
AN - SCOPUS:85181948897
SN - 1935-9772
VL - 17
SP - 855
EP - 863
JO - Anatomical Sciences Education
JF - Anatomical Sciences Education
IS - 4
ER -