Jonathan Teran, MD, CAQSM, Associate Program Director, Medical Student Education with UTMB Health Family Medicine & Community Health was selected by the Society of Teachers in Family Medicine (STFM) Family Medicine POCUS Educator's Certificate Program as a 2026-2027 cohort. The 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 on how to effectively use POCUS.
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.
Congratulations to Dr. Teran for this accomplishment.