The Jamaica Handheld Ultrasound Project: a novel longitudinal point-of-care ultrasound curriculum in a resource-limited setting

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World Journal of Emergency Medicine ›› 2025, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (3): 262-265.doi: 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2025.054

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The Jamaica Handheld Ultrasound Project: a novel longitudinal point-of-care ultrasound curriculum in a resource-limited setting

Maxime Montour¹(), Pranali Sheth², Steve Foo³, Simone French⁴, Tawanda Jones⁵, Giselle Watt⁶, Brian Kohen⁷, Aamir Bandagi⁸, Ariella Gartenberg¹, Michael Halperin², Trudy-Ann Johnson-Hylton⁴, Jason Ifill⁴, Alyssia McEwan², Jonathan Maik⁸, Michelle Montenegro², Rie Seu¹, Nicole Leonard-shiu², Hugh Wong⁵, Trevor Dixon²

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 10461, USA
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Jacobi Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx 10461, USA
³Accident and Emergency Department, Black River Public General Hospital, Black River, Jamaica
⁴Department of Emergency Medicine, University Hospital of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
⁵Accident and Emergency Department, Kingston Public Hospital, Kingston, Jamaica
⁶Accident and Emergency Department, Mandeville Regional Hospital, Mandeville, Jamaica
⁷Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Healthcare System, Hollywood 33021, USA
⁸Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Barnabas Hospital, Bronx 10457, USA

Received:2025-01-06 Accepted:2025-03-26 Online:2025-05-19 Published:2025-05-01
Contact: Maxime Montour, Email: maximelmontour@gmail.com

Abstract

Maxime Montour, Pranali Sheth, Steve Foo, Simone French, Tawanda Jones, Giselle Watt, Brian Kohen, Aamir Bandagi, Ariella Gartenberg, Michael Halperin, Trudy-Ann Johnson-Hylton, Jason Ifill, Alyssia McEwan, Jonathan Maik, Michelle Montenegro, Rie Seu, Nicole Leonard-shiu, Hugh Wong, Trevor Dixon. The Jamaica Handheld Ultrasound Project: a novel longitudinal point-of-care ultrasound curriculum in a resource-limited setting[J]. World Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2025, 16(3): 262-265.

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