Medical Student Driven Ultrasound Education

How I Got Interested in Ultrasound at an Institution with No Ultrasound Curriculum

An idea for a skills workshop

AND

What I Do with Ultrasound

This guy...

Teach Ultrasound!

Share Ultrasound

with Others

President of USIG

Who Am I?

(direct quote from my last evaluation)

A medical student who loves ultrasound!

It's...

• Medical student generated extracurricular ultrasound education
• Uses medical student interest in ultrasound to drive curriculum change

More Ultrasound Education

What an Ultrasound Student Organization Can Provide

(to get students excited about ultrasound)

(Peer to Peer Teaching)

Hands-On Skills Workshops

Student Mentors

Ultrasound Lectures

Provide Ultrasound Curriculum

• Ultrasound Shadowing
• Workshops for non-US student organizations
• Ultrasound Grand Rounds
• Establish an elective

(using existing FOAmed resources)

Ultrasound Practice Lab

An Introduction to Ultrasound

Completely Outside of the Curriculum

What Is Student Driven Ultrasound Education?

Medical Student Approach to

What Does Student-Driven Ultrasound Education Look Like?

Basically...

It Looks Like This!

Plant the Seed and Watch We Can Accomplish!

Ultrasound Integration

Recruit us to the cause!

Student-driven and generated ultrasound education

Share the USIG model

with your students

Questions?

Email: SonoMojoUS@gmail.com

Twitter: @SonoMojo

sonomojo.org

Recruit Your Motivated Students to Found a USIG

(Ultrasound Student Interest Group)

Share USIG starter

toolbox (SonoMojo)

By

Jennifer Cotton

University of Kentucky

Ultrasound shadowing

Establish an ultrasound elective

Teach Us!

What You Can Do

How Does an Ultrasound Student Organization Work?

Start teaching your

student mentors & ultrasound leaders

Students Organize Their Own Ultrasound Education

Problems Solved

Students Run Their Own Ultrasound Education Club

Basic Components of an Ultrasound Student Group

(important for curriculum integration)

(minimal faculty

commitment required)

• Monthly hands-on ultrasound workshops
• Ultrasound lectures series
• Access to ultrasounds for independent scanning practice
• A self-study FOAMed based curriculum
• Website to keep members connected

• Not enough ultrasound faculty to organize education for 100s of med students
• Administration doesn't want to invest time/money/etc. into ultrasound education
• Curriculum change takes time
• And so much more!

• Establishes student ultrasound leaders
• Students organize their own learning events
• Students learn what interests them
• Student can access all the resources available to student groups
• Doesn't require curriculum change for education to occur

Year 2

Ultrasound Student Group Formed

Faculty Interest

in Ultrasound

Uses Student Ultrasound Mentors to Teach Ultrasound

Ultrasound Competent

Medical Students

Improved Patient Care!

Change in

Ultrasound Culture

• Student generated ultrasound education
• >85 dedicated students who regularly learn ultrasound outside of curriculum
• Educated 100s of students in monthly workshops
• Introduced entire class of 1st year medical students to ultrasound
• Generated ultrasound ambassadors: stimulated faculty interest and affecting patient care

Access Resources from Across Multiple Departments

The Kentucky

Experience

Increased Pressure for Full

Ultrasound Integration

How This Influences Ultrasound Integration

What Student Mentors Do

Student ultrasound teachers that thoroughly learning ultrasound scans to teach to their peers

• Learn specific ultrasound scans in advance of teaching events
• Teach hands-on small groups in student ultrasound workshops
• Assisting students in ultrasound practice labs
• Meet one-on-one with students to help them with particular scans

Problems Solved

Ultrasound Machine Access

Accessing Faculty from Across Departments

Problems Solved

Year 1

• No dedicated ultrasound machines for teaching
• Lack of known faculty capable of teaching ultrasound
• Brings together ultrasound resources from across institution

• Request to use departments' ultrasound machines for teaching purposes
• Students work across entire hospital, so they're able to discover where ultrasound machines are

• Student have more interaction with faculty from many departments
• Can more readily identify ultrasound competent faculty members
• Can request faculty to teach their student group

• Not enough ultrasound faculty to teach 100s of students!

Ultrasound Grand Rounds

Student Organized Ultrasound Workshop

• In 1st year classroom
• Immediately after class
• With free food

Student Generated Pressure

for Ultrasound Integration

• Student group sponsored
• 1/3 of pre-clinical students attended
• Invited deans and faculty to witness
• Collected data: 100% wanted ultrasound in curriculum

First years hearing ultrasound education talk & wanting more ultrasound in curriculum

Ultrasound Faculty Support

Utilizes Existing Ultrasound Resources

Ultrasound in Physical Exam Curriculum

Use FOAMed!

Don't re-invent the wheel to make a curriculum!

Problems Solved:

• Curriculum development takes time... no need to wait!
• Lack of ultrasound faculty to make curriculum... not a problem with FOAMed!

Have Large Numbers

Can create more pressure on medical school administration than a few dedicated faculty

Independent Study

Ultrasound Elective

• Student written curriculum for independent study elective formed by single student for Fall semester
• Significant student interest, so others joined by Spring semester

Direct Faculty Contact

Daily contact with faculty and medical school administrators

&

Hold positions on curriculum committees

Teaching the Teacher

• Show faculty that ultrasound isn't that hard to learn
• Demonstrate that bedside ultrasound can improve patient care
• Teach them actual ultrasound skills
• If nothing else, embarrass them into learning

Students Can Change the Culture of Ultrasound at Your Institution

(so medical students don't show up faculty)

Official Ultrasound Elective

Students Are in a Unique Position to Cause Change

It's Their Education

Direct from my last evaluation

Students should have a say in their education

&

They are more motivated than anyone else to get the best education

Students as Ultrasound Ambassadors

• Frequent contact with faculty and resident physicians from all departments
• Have numbers to reach significant numbers of physicians in your institution
• Students can demonstrate bedside ultrasound's applications and use it to improve patient care

They Can Collect Data

Attend all student events and can easily collect data to...

Provide objective data on student interest in ultrasound education to support ultrasound integration

Smart and Motivated Group

It's crazy not to use such a large group of smart, motivated individuals as a resource!

Seriously!