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The Ultrasound Journal
Fig. 1 | The Ultrasound Journal

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From: A survey demonstrating that the procedural experience of residents in internal medicine, critical care and emergency medicine is poor: training in ultrasound is required to rectify this

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Applicability of four procedural skills, physicians’ proficiency in the sterile technique required to perform ultrasound-guided procedures, and the skill gaps. The perceived applicability of each procedure to the practice of each specialty was assessed using a Likert scale (1 very poor, 2 poor, 3 fair, 4 good, 5 very good). The proficiency in the sterile technique required to perform ultrasound-guided was self-reported on the same Likert scale. Data stratified by specialty are presented as mean ± standard deviation. The skill gap is calculated as the difference between the average applicability and the proficiency. The data from which this figure is derived are also presented in Table 3. CC critical care, EM emergency medicine, IM internal medicine

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