Ten-Year POCUS Curriculum in Family Medicine Residency Shows Feasible Scalability, Modest Long-Term Adoption

A structured 4-week POCUS rotation in family medicine over 10 years found 44% of graduates continued using POCUS in practice, with higher uptake among rural physicians. Scalable despite limited faculty, but time and equipment access remain barriers.

• Single-program, retrospective alumni survey (2015–2022 graduates; 58% response rate, n not precisely stated); curriculum included a PGY-1 4-week rotation plus longitudinal PGY-3 reinforcement over 10 years.
• Most-used applications in practice were skin/soft tissue, musculoskeletal, and procedural POCUS; billing rates among active users reportedly exceeded national primary care averages (exact figures not reported in source).
• Key limitations: single-institution design, self-reported outcomes, 58% survey response rate introduces non-response bias, and no comparator group — limiting generalizability to other family medicine programs.

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