TY - JOUR T1 - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS): unnecessary gadgetry or evidence-based medicine? JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 219 LP - 224 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.18-3-219 VL - 18 IS - 3 AU - Nicholas Smallwood AU - Martin Dachsel Y1 - 2018/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/18/3/219.abstract N2 - 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. ER -