How to Revitalize the Abdominal Ultrasonography Education Program

Beom Kyung Kim; Jae Myung Cha; Do Seon Song

doi:10.4166/kjg.2019.73.2.66

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Kim, Cha, and Song: How to Revitalize the Abdominal Ultrasonography Education Program

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The Korean Journal of Gastroenterology 2019; 73(2): 66-69.

Published online: 26 February 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4166/kjg.2019.73.2.66

How to Revitalize the Abdominal Ultrasonography Education Program

Beom Kyung Kim, Jae Myung Cha¹, Do Seon Song²

Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

¹Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

²Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincents Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea.

Correspondence to: Do Seon Song, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, 93 Jungbu-daero, Paldal-gu, Suwon 16247, Korea. Tel: +82-31-881-8970, Fax: +82-31-253-8898, dsman@catholic.ac.kr

Received 28 December 2018 Revised 31 January 2019 Accepted 1 February 2019

Korean Society of Gastroenterology

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Abstract

Abdominal ultrasound examinations are performed by many gastroenterologists in clinical practice, but abdominal ultrasound education has not been included in internal medicine resident or gastroenterology fellowship training courses. Abdominal ultrasound education was established as an essential part of the resident training program in 2017, and since then interest in ultrasound has increased. An educational accreditation system for trainers of ultrasonography in the internal medicine field was developed in 2018, but accredited ultrasound trainers and equipment and space for ultrasound education are lacking. This article describes how to revitalize ultrasound education program for resident and fellowship training.

Keywords: Education, Ultrasonography, Training, Gastroenterology

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