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Table 3 The overall self-assessed POCUS skills

From: Self-reported skills and self-confidence in point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional nationwide survey amongst Finnish emergency physicians

Overall skill compared to the primary working place

Hospital type

Mean overall skill (SD)

University hospital (n = 48)

36.0 (19.6)

Secondary hospital (n = 54)

33.7 (18.5)

Other (n = 9)

43.5 (20.1)

Total (n = 101)

35.4 (19.1)

Overall skill compared to the status of residency

Status of residency

Mean overall skill (SD)

Junior residents (n = 48)

27.0 (18.2)

Senior residents (n = 24)

37.5 (13.8)

Specialists (n = 28)

49.0 (16.7)

Total (n = 100)

35.6 (19.1)

  1. The acquired overall self-assessed POCUS skills consisting of the competences in each of the 17 individual applications (maximum 85), subdivided by the type of working place and the status of the residency. A total of 101 respondents gave details of their primary working place while 100 respondents described the status of their residency