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Table 4 Perceived barriers for PoCUS use

From: Point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for internal medicine residents: what do you desire? A national survey

Limitations for ultrasound

N (%)

Insufficient experts available

150 (60,7)

Insufficient supervised practice time

142 (57,5)

Insufficient knowledge of PoCUS

140 (56,7)

Insufficient practice time

126 (51)

Insufficient training available

103 (41,7)

No ultrasound machine

82 (33,2)

No national guideline from NIVa

53 (21,5)

Resistence from other specialties

51 (20,6)

Other

27 (10,9)

No limitations

8 (3,2)

  1. aNIV Nederlandse Internisten Vereniging (Dutch Internal Medicine Federation), PoCUS Point-of-care ultrasound