PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paulus, Ryan
AU  - Clements, Ben
AU  - Capizzano, Nicoll
AU  - Dalal, Puja
AU  - Yedlinsky, Nicole
AU  - Trantham, Ryan
AU  - Williamson, Brandon
AU  - Shen-Wagner, Joy
AU  - Songara, Varshaben
AU  - Nguyen, Natalie
AU  - Patel, Hiten
TI  - Beyond the Stethoscope: Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) as the New Norm in Family Medicine
AID  - 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250090R2
DP  - 2025 Nov 01
TA  - The Journal of the American Board of Family
                Medicine
PG  - 962--966
VI  - 38
IP  - 6
4099  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/38/6/962.short
4100  - http://www.jabfm.org/content/38/6/962.full
SO  - J Am Board Fam Med2025 Nov 01; 38
AB  - Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has seen growing integration into family medicine over the past decade, to the point that POCUS competency is now moving toward inclusion in board eligibility. In parallel, excitement and interest around POCUS are growing at the medical student and residency levels. With its wide array of practical applications in the outpatient setting, POCUS invites us to imagine what family medicine could look like if ultrasound truly became “the new stethoscope” and a routine part of care. This commentary highlights how POCUS can be used accurately and efficiently for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) screening, avoid unnecessary emergency department visits by ruling out deep vein thrombosis (DVT), and change management of soft tissue infections by detecting abscesses. Together, these examples illustrate how POCUS can enhance care in the family medicine clinic.