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A primer for clinical POCUS leadership in your emergency department

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  1. Department of Emergency Medicine and Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Colin Bell

  2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Kingston Health Sciences Centre and Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

    Joseph Newbigging

  3. Discipline of Emergency Medicine, Memorial University, St. John’s, NL, Canada

    Gillian Sheppard

  4. North York General Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anne Aspler

  5. Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Anne Aspler

  6. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Daniel J. Kim

  7. Department of Emergency Medicine, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada

    Daniel J. Kim

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Concept and Design: CB, DJK, JN. Drafting of Manuscript: CB, DJK, JN, GS, AA. Critical Revision: CB, DJK, JN, AA, GS.

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CRB has received honoraria totaling less than $1500 from Fujifilm Sonosite Inc. DJK is a member of the Clarius Mobile Health Advisory Board.

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Bell, C., Newbigging, J., Sheppard, G. et al. A primer for clinical POCUS leadership in your emergency department. Can J Emerg Med 25, 266–268 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-023-00450-0

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