POCUS Journal Podcast

POCUS Journal Podcast Episode 11:“Demonstrating Feasibility of Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)-Guided Inpatient Transthoracic Echo Triage Decision Pathway"Guests: Dr. Stephanie Connerand Dr. Mustafa HusainiGuest Editor: Dr. Ritu ThammanDOI: https://doi.org/10.24908/pocusj.v10i01.17776

POCUS Journal Podcast Episode 10: “Knowledge and Confidence among 5 Cohorts of Faculty Learners in a Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Program: Factors Defining Learner Success " Guests: Dr. Michael P. Janjigian and Dr. Harald Sauthoff DOI: https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v9i2.17640

In the 9th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, our Editor-In-Chief Dr. Benjamin Galen invited the author Brandon Otto to discuss the expert consensus article entitled “Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus ”, recently published in POCUS Journal Vol 09 Iss 01, released April 2024. To read the full article visit: https://pocusjournal.com/article/17240/

In the 8th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, our Editor-In-Chief Dr. Benjamin Galen, and internal medicine Section Editors Dr. Tanping Wong and Dr. Trevor Jensen, are joined by Dr. David M. Tierney to discuss his original research article entitled “Association of Internal Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) with Length of Stay, Hospitalization Costs, and Formal Imaging: a Prospective Cohort Study”, recently published in POCUS Journal Vol 08 Iss 02, released November 2023. Full issue at the link: https://pocusjournal.com/issue/vol-08-iss-02-2023/ Release date: Dec 18, 2023. Edited by Braeden Hill.

In the 7th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, Editor-In-Chief Dr. Benjamin Galen is joined by Dr. Daniel Restrepo, Dr. Thomas Heyne, Christine Schutzer, and Dr. Renee Dversdal to discuss their Innovations in POCUS Curriculum article entitled “Teaching old dogs new tricks” – POCUS Education for Senior Faculty”, recently published in POCUS Journal Vol 08 Iss 01, released April 2023.   Full issue at the link: https://pocusjournal.com/issue/vol-08-iss-01-2023/    Articles discussed in this podcast:  “Teaching old dogs new tricks” – POCUS Education for Senior Faculty (https://pocusjournal.com/article/16145/)   “Teaching the Teachers: A Flexible, Cognitive-Focused Curriculum in Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education for Hospital Medicine Faculty”  (https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.16091)  Edited by Julia Herr and Braeden Hill.

In the 6th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, Editor-In-Chief Dr. Benjamin Galen and Pediatrics Section Editors Dr. Ria Dancel and Dr. Beryl Greywoode are joined by Dr. David McCreary to discuss his case report entitled “A Rare Cause of Neck Lump in an Infant”, recently published in POCUS Journal Vol 07 Iss 02, released November 2022. Full issue at the link: https://pocusjournal.com/issue/vol-07-iss-02-2022 Articles discussed in this podcast: "A Rare Cause of Neck Lump in an Infant" "Ultrasound Diagnosis of a Retained Migrated Foreign Body Following Penetrating Injury to The Upper Thigh in a Child: A Case Report Demonstrating an Underused Indication for Diagnostic Ultrasound" "The Role of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Pilonidal Sinus Disease" "A Non-Resolving “Hematoma” Diagnosed as an Arteriovenous Malformation by POCUS" "Sonographic Crepitus, a Point-of-Care Ultrasound Finding" -- Edited by Julia Herr.

In the 5th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, Editor-In-Chief Dr. Benjamin Galen and Global Health Section Editor Dr. Gordon Johnson are joined by Dr. Michelle Fleshner and Dr. Steve Fox to discuss their article entitled "Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Medical Decision Making: Informing the Development of an Internal Medicine Global Health POCUS Curriculum", recently published in POCUS Journal Vol 07 Iss 01, released April 2022. You can find the full issue at the link below: https://pocusjournal.com/issue/vol-07-iss-01-2022/. Edited by Braeden Hill.

In this 4th episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, following the release of Vol 7, Special Kidney Issue, released in February 2022, Dr. Benjamin Galen is joined by POCUS Journal Nephrology editors Dr. Abhilash Koratala and Dr. Nathaniel Reisinger to discuss the fantastic issue they put together. You can find the full issue at the link below: https://pocusjournal.com/issue/vol-07-kidney-iss-2022/. Edited by Braeden Hill.

In the third episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, Dr. Galen brings on Dr. David DiBardino and Dr. Cameron Baston of the University of Pennsylvania. In this podcast, Drs. DiBardino and Baston discuss their study entitled “The Use of Thoracic Ultrasound to Predict Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusion”. Their work aimed to determine if the imaging characteristics of thoracic ultrasound effectively differentiate between transudative and exudative pleural fluid. This study was included in the latest issue of the POCUS Journal, which you can find here: https://pocusjournal.com/article/2021-06-02p97-102/ Release date: Dec 22, 2021. Edited by Julia Herr.

In the newest May 2021 episode of the POCUS Journal podcast, Dr. Johri and Dr. Galen bring on Dr. Robert Jones and medical student Emily Hoffberg of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. In this podcast, Dr. Jones and Emily discuss their paper entitled "The PEGASUS Games: Physical Exam, Gross Anatomy, phySiology and UltraSound Games for Preclinical Medical Education". This paper examines the effectiveness of adding "gamification" to medical school curricula as a novel way to educate medical students in ultrasonography. Their work was included in the latest issue of the POCUS Journal, which you can find at the link below: https://pocusjournal.com/article/2021-06-01p22-28/ Edited by Braeden Hill

In the first episode of the POCUS Journal Podcast, Dr. Amer Johri and Dr. Benjamin Galen discuss the article "The Focused Assessment with Sonography in Cancer (FASC) Examination" by Dr. Peter C. Nauka and Benjamin T. Galen, published in the November 2020 issue. Read the article by Nauka & Galen: https://pocusjournal.com/article/2020-05-02p42-45/ Visit POCUS Journal at https://pocusjournal.com/ Edited by Julia Herr.