Additional Resources
POCUS Guidelines and Position Statements
A comprehensive collection of professional guidelines and position statements supporting the use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound across medical specialties.
Why POCUS?
Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) is a game-changer in medical practice, offering:
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Real-time imaging for faster clinical decision-making.
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Increased diagnostic accuracy at the bedside.
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Greater accessibility in low-resource settings.
POCUS is revolutionizing healthcare by enabling clinicians to make faster, more accurate diagnoses and improve patient outcomes—whether in a hospital, clinic, or resource-limited setting.
We’ve compiled evidence-based guidelines and official position statements from leading medical organizations to support POCUS integration and education. These documents provide:
- Curriculum frameworks for integrating POCUS into residency and fellowship training programs
- Board certification requirements and core competencies from certifying bodies
- Practice standards for performing and interpreting point-of-care ultrasound examinations
- Specialty-specific recommendations from emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, hospital medicine, and other disciplines
- Evidence supporting POCUS as a valuable diagnostic and procedural tool
Use these resources to:
- Advocate for POCUS training and resources at your institution
- Stay current with evolving standards and recommendations in point-of-care ultrasound
- ABFM Core Competencies and Procedures (2026)
- AAFP Recommended Curriculum Guidelines for Point of Care Ultrasound for Family Medicine Residents
- ACEP Ultrasound Guidelines: Emergency, Point-of-care, and Clinical Ultrasound Guidelines in Medicine (May 2023)
- ACP Statement in Support of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Internal Medicine
- Society for Critical Care Medicine Guidelines on Adult Critical Care Ultrasonography: Focused Update 2024
- Focused Cardiac Ultrasound in the Emergent Setting: A Consensus Statement of the American Society of Echocardiography and American College of Emergency Physicians (2010)
- International Federation for Emergency Medicine: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum Guidelines (2014)
- AIUM Practice Parameter for the Performance of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Examinations
- Internal Medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum: Consensus Recommendations from the Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) Group (2017)
- CIMUS Consensus Statement: Recommendations for Mandatory Ultrasound Competencies for Ultrasound-Guided Procedures (2024)
- Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Hospitalists: A Position Statement of the Society of Hospital Medicine (2019)
- American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) Position Statement: Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound in Sports Medicine
- Letter about POCUS Training for Family Medicine from AAFP Board Chair to AAFP President
- American College of Cardiology Overview of POCUS