Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS)

Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS)

Abstract Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) has seen steady growth in its use and applications in aiding clinicians in the management of acutely unwell patients. Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS) is the standard created specifically for Acute Medicine physicians and is endorsed by the Society for Acute Medicine and recognised by the Acute Internal Medicine (AIM) training committee as a specialist skill. In this document we present a curriculum mapping exercise which utilises a ‘knowledge, skills and behaviours’ framework and incorporates the GMC’s ‘Good Medical Practice’ (GMP) domains. We believe this will provide a standard for consideration of integrating focused ultrasound in AIM training programmes, with the aim of ultimately incorporating FAMUS as a core skill for all AIM trainees. [download-attachments container="div" style="list" display_icon="1" display_count="1" display__size="0"]

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Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS)

15th August 2018
PMID: 30129952
Authors Affiliations
Karim Fouad Alber Ultrasound fellow, Royal Berkshire hospital, UK
Martin Dachsel Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine, East Surrey hospital
Alastair Gilmore Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine, Wirral University hospital
Philip Lawrenson Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine, Wirral University hospital
Ramprasad Matsa Consultant in Acute Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Stoke University hospital
Nicholas Smallwood Consultant in Acute Internal Medicine Surrey and Sussex NHS Trust
Jennie Stephens Consultant in Acute Internal and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Cornwall hospital
Eugene Tabiowo MbChB MRCP ST4 Acute Medicine Wrexham Maelor Hospital
Andrew P. Walden Consultant Acute and Intensive Care Medicine, Royal Berkshire Hospital

Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS)

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Alber KF, Dachsel M, Gilmore A, Lawrenson P, Matsa R, Smallwood N, Stephens J, Tabiowo E, Walden A. Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS). Acute Med. 2018;17(3):164-167. PMID: 30129952.

Focused Acute Medicine Ultrasound (FAMUS)

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