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The Canadian Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum: A Statement From the Canadian Ultrasound Consensus for Undergraduate Medical Education Group

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Ma, Irene W. Y., Steinmetz, Peter, Weerdenburg, Kirstin, Woo, Michael Y., Olszynski, Paul, Heslop, Claire L., Miller, Stephen, Sheppard, Gillian, Daniels, Vijay, Desy, Janeve, Valois, Maxime, Devine, Luke, Curtis, Heather, Romano, Michael J., Martel, Patrick, Jelic, Tomislav, Topping, Claude, Thompson, Drew, Power, Barbara, Profetto, Jason, Tonseth, Pete·2020·Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
DOI 10.1002/jum.15218PMC PMC7317450
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Objectives: This study sought to establish by expert review a consensus‐based, focused ultrasound curriculum, consisting of a foundational set of focused ultrasound skills that all Canadian medical students would be expected to attain at the end of the medical school program. Methods: An expert panel of 21 point‐of‐care ultrasound and educational leaders representing 15 of 17 (88%) Canadian medical schools was formed and participated in a modified Delphi consensus method. Experts anonymously rated 195 curricular elements on their appropriateness to include in a medical school curriculum using a 5‐point Likert scale. The group defined consensus as 70% or more experts agreeing to include or exclude an element. We determined a priori that no more than 3 rounds of voting would be performed. Results: Of the 195 curricular elements considered in the first round of voting, the group reached consensus to include 78 and exclude 24. In the second round, consensus was reached to include 4 and exclude 63 elements. In our final round, with 1 additional item added to the survey, the group reached consensus to include an additional 3 and exclude 8 elements. A total of 85 curricular elements reached consensus to be included, with 95 to be excluded. Sixteen elements did not reach consensus to be included or excluded. Conclusions: By expert opinion‐based consensus, the Canadian Ultrasound Consensus for Undergraduate Medical Education Group recommends that 85 curricular elements be considered for inclusion for teaching in the Canadian medical school focused ultrasound curricula.

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  • The 70% threshold was based on previous Delphi studies used for curriculum development.

    “The 70% threshold was based on previous Delphi studies used for curriculum development21–25.”

    From Developing a Canadian artificial intelligence medical curriculum using a Delphi study (2024) · cites this paper as [21]

    The Materials and Methods > Consensus Process section defines a 70% consensus threshold for this Delphi-based curriculum study and says the cutoff was consistent with recommendations on consensus group methods. It does not say the threshold was based on previous Delphi studies used for curriculum development. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • The approach was based on similar studies that successfully used expert opinions to create or update curricula in medicine for different subject areas, leveraging their structures to ensure the process was thorough.

    “We also based our approach on similar studies that have successfully used expert opinions to create or update curricula in medicine for different subject areas, leveraging their structures to ensure our process was thorough21–25.”

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Authors
Ma, I. W. Y., Steinmetz, P., Weerdenburg, K., Woo, M. Y., Olszynski, P., Heslop, C. L., Miller, S., Sheppard, G., Daniels, V., Desy, J., Valois, M., Devine, L., Curtis, H., Romano, M. J., Martel, P., Jelic, T., Topping, C., Thompson, D., Power, B., Profetto, J., & Tonseth, P.
Affiliations
  • University of Calgary (CA)
  • McGill University (CA)
  • Dalhousie University (CA)
  • University of Ottawa (CA)
  • University of Saskatchewan (CA)
  • University of Toronto (CA)
  • Memorial University of Newfoundland (CA)
  • University of Alberta (CA)
  • Université de Sherbrooke (CA)
  • Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (CA)
  • University of Manitoba (CA)
  • Université Laval (CA)
  • Western University (CA)
  • McMaster University (CA)
  • Department of Radiology University of British Columbia Vancouver British Columbia Canada
Corresponding author
Ma, Irene W. Y.
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Venue
Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2020-01-13
Volume
39
Issue
7
Pages
1279-1287
ISSN
  • 0278-4297 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-9613
DOI
10.1002/jum.15218
PMC
PMC7317450
OpenAlex
W2998922843
Cited by
67
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 2
FWCI
5.87
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
University of Calgary
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine › Ultrasound in Clinical Applications
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
Keywords
point-of-care ultrasound, ultrasound curriculum, undergraduate medical education, medical students, Delphi consensus, Canadian medical schools
MeSH terms
Canada, Clinical Competence, Curriculum, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Humans, Students, Medical, Consensus

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