Family Medicine POCUS Educator's Certificate Program Grant

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Founded in 1967, the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is a national community of academic leaders committed to developing an accomplished family medicine workforce, prepared to serve as the foundation of America’s health care system. Our members include physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, behavioral health specialists, researchers, pharmacists, nurses and other health care professionals, health system executives, administrators, coordinators, fellows, residents, students, and others involved in the education of family physicians.
he yearlong STFM FM Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Educator's Certificate Program trains family medicine residency faculty to serve as their program’s POCUS champion with the skills to train family medicine residents how to effectively use POCUS. The program is accepting applications for the 2026–2027 class. Applicants must be current STFM members.
Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is sometimes referred to as the 21st century stethoscope. POCUS can help make decisions quickly for patients at the bedside, decrease time to diagnosis, and better triage who needs subspecialty care.Now, the updated ACGME guidelines recommend teaching this in family medicine residency education. Yet, there is a gap in trained faculty and established curriculum for teaching POCUS.The STFM Family Medicine POCUS Educator Certificate Program targets these gaps and focuses on solutions to help grow and support POCUS education in family medicine.

Eligibility

Current STFM members (if you're not a member and you're interested in the fellowship, you can join STFM online)A family medicine faculty member with resources to practice POCUS regularly, including access to ultrasound equipment for both faculty and residentsThe ability to share deidentified ultrasound images with STFM's image review softwareCommitted to attend the following: Monthly 2-hour virtual education review meetingsTwo in-person workshops on May 1–2, 2026, and March 20–21, 2027Virtual full-day workshop in fall 2026In-person skills assessment connected to the second in-person workshop
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