The Society for Acute Medicine launched their ultrasound accreditation in September 2016, involving a practical course alongside completion of scanning competencies. Candidates require a registered supervisor to oversee their training.
We present here the results of a survey of attendees of practical courses approximately 2 years after launch. The majority of respondents were Consultants or trainees within AIM. Fourteen of 76 (18.4%) respondents had completed the whole accreditation process, whilst 51 (67.1%) had not completed any of the three individual modules. The biggest barriers to accreditation were seen to be lack of supervisors, and lack of dedicated training time. There was good uptake of available online learning resources with good feedback.
These results will be used to help develop the training pathway further and widen access to ultrasound training within the specialty and beyond.

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