PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Nicholas Smallwood AU - Martin Dachsel TI - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): unnecessary gadgetry or evidence-based medicine? AID - 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-219 DP - 2018 Jun 01 TA - Clinical Medicine PG - 219--224 VI - 18 IP - 3 4099 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/3/219.short 4100 - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/3/219.full SO - Clin Med2018 Jun 01; 18 AB - Over the last decade there has been increasing interest and enthusiasm in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as an aide to traditional examination techniques in assessing acutely unwell adult patients. However, it currently remains the domain of a relatively small handful of physicians within the UK. There are numerous reasons for this, notably a lack of training pathways and supervisors but also a lack of understanding of the evidence base behind this imaging modality. This review article aims to explore some of the evidence base behind POCUS for a number of medical pathologies, and where possible compare it to evidenced traditional examination techniques. We discuss the issues around training in bedside ultrasound and recommend a push to integrate POCUS training into internal medicine curricula and support trainers to comprehensively deliver this.