Dear colleagues,
A Consensus Statement on Veterinary Point-Of-Care UltraSound (POCUS) is being prepared (with the goal of publishing results in the scientific literature), by the VECCUS (Veterinary Emergency Critical Care UltraSound) Interest Group, under the umbrella of EVECCS (European Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society).
A Steering Group composed of Søren Boysen, Angela Briganti, Simon Cook, Teresa DeFrancesco, Marc Seitz, Yu Ueda and Kris Gommeren is preparing the key statements to send to a group of veterinary POCUS experts and key opinion leaders.
The Consensus Statement will focus on five domains:
- POCUS of the Pleural Space and Lung
- POCUS of the Cardiovascular System (including fluid status and responsiveness)
- POCUS of the Abdomen
- POCUS Guided Procedures
- POCUS of the Neurological and Ocular System
The VECCUS Consensus Statement Steering Group is therefore actively seeking experts that are willing to collaborate on this project. Experts will be invited to review statements, seeking consensus via the Delphi method, allowing sufficient time to answer during each round.
The time commitment to complete the Delphi process is expected to take roughly a year, with several rounds of statement review, and updated details following each round, until consensus is reached or a failure to reach consensus is determined. Further information will be provided once the composition of the expert panel for each domain has been finalized.
To be considered an expert, both of the following requirements will need to be met:
- Have published scholarly activities related to POCUS (book chapters, abstracts, scientific studies, etc.) and/or lectured on POCUS.
- Meet the definition of being a specialist in any of the following fields (Emergency and Critical Care, Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine, Cardiology or Diagnostic Imaging), or having completed a PhD or equivalent knowledge and training in the appropriate domain (please list specific training and date of completion).
(Applications will be evaluated by the steering committee using a scoring rubric to rank candidates within each domain, also considering diversity and backgrounds of the applicants to achieve a balanced group of panelists)
If you are interested in applying to be an expert panelist please complete the form below and indicate which domains you would like to volunteer (you may select as many domains as you like, however experts will only be assigned to a maximum of two domains depending on the number of applications received).
https://lnkd.in/dTwYZyN8
