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No financial support was received in the creation of this manuscript. Liu J, Boucher, and Liu XM have received compensation to teach PoCUS workshops. Liu J has received payment for educational activities at the University of British Columbia and is a member at large of the anti-racism and anti-colonialism committee at CAEP. Sheppard has received payment for educational activities at the Memorial University, and was the past chair of the Women in Emergency Medicine Committee at CAEP.
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Liu, J., Boucher, C., Sheppard, G. et al. Trauma and violence informed perspectives on the transabdominal pelvic point-of-care ultrasound. Can J Emerg Med 26, 302–304 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43678-024-00674-8
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