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Objectives:

To assess current diagnostic bedside ultrasound program core element (training, credentialing, image storage, documentation, and quality assurance) implementation across pediatric critical care medicine divisions in the United States.

Design:

Cross-sectional questionnaire-based needs assessment survey.

Setting:

Pediatric critical care medicine divisions with an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education-accredited fellowship.

Respondents:

Divisional leaders in education and/or bedside ultrasound training.

Interventions:

None.

Measurements and Main Results:

Fifty-five of 67 pediatric critical care medicine divisions (82%) with an Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education-accredited fellowship provided responses. Overall, 63% of responding divisions (34/54) were clinically performing diagnostic bedside ultrasound studies with no difference between divisions with large versus small …