Delivering Point-of-Care ultrasound teaching using a video conferencing technique.

Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has usually been taught using a hands-on, in-person approach. We present a novel approach to delivering POCUS virtually using a dual image videoconferencing technique. We outline an easily implementable approach and summarize medical students' experience and feedback.

Cost-Efficient Medical Education: An Innovative Approach to Creating Educational Products.

Background: Cost is a barrier to creating educational resources, and new educational initiatives are often limited in distribution. Medical training programs must develop strategies to create and implement cost-effective educational programming.

Objective: We developed high-quality medical programming in procedural instruction with efficient economics, reaching the most trainees at the lowest cost.

Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum: Consensus Recommendations from the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group.

Bedside point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly used to assess medical patients. At present, no consensus exists for what POCUS curriculum is appropriate for internal medicine residency training programs. This document details the consensus-based recommendations by the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) group, comprising 39 members, representing 14 institutions across Canada.

Quality of Widely Available Video Instructional Materials for Point-of-Care Ultrasound-Guided Procedure Training in Internal Medicine.

Objectives: Many instructional materials for point-of-care ultrasound (US)-guided procedures exist; however, their quality is unknown. This study assessed widely available educational videos for point-of-care US-guided procedures relevant to internal medicine: central venous catheterization, thoracentesis, and paracentesis.

Methods: We searched Ovid MEDLINE, YouTube, and Google to identify videos for point-of-care US-guided paracentesis, thoracentesis, and central venous catheterization.

Defining Competencies for Ultrasound-Guided Bedside Procedures: Consensus Opinions From Canadian Physicians.

Objectives: This study sought to define the competencies in ultrasound knowledge and skills that are essential for medical trainees to master to perform ultrasound-guided central venous catheterization, thoracentesis, and paracentesis.

Methods: Experts in the 3 procedures were identified by a snowball technique through 3 Canadian tertiary academic health centers. Experts completed 2 rounds of surveys, including an 88-item central venous catheterization survey, a 96-item thoracentesis survey, and an 89-item paracentesis survey.

Familial pheochromocytoma and renal cell carcinoma syndrome: TMEM127 as a novel candidate gene for the association.

Germline mutations in Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL), succinate dehydrogenase subunit B (SDHB), SDHC, and SDHD have been detected in individuals with synchronous or metachronous pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PHEO/PGL) and renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Most recently, FH and TMEM127 germline mutations, which are known to cause familial PHEO/PGL, have also been identified in familial RCC. We report the first case of an individual with both a PHEO and a multilocular clear cell RCC driven by a novel germline mutation in the TMEM127 gene.