Ultrasound in the undergraduate medical curriculum: Designing the learning material

Purpose: During the last decades, ultrasound has been established as an effective diagnostic tool. Medical students learning ultrasound already as undergraduates clearly benefit in terms of understanding of anatomy and pathology. Thus systematic training on how to perform clearly defined ultrasound standard views is important early in the undergraduate medical curriculum. However, as organizing practical ultrasound training is resource intensive, suitable learning material for preparation and review can alleviate shortage of practical training possibilities. For demonstrating practical skills videos have been sh…