Book Chapters

Jong, M., Wilson, M. M., Renouf, T., Parsons, M. (2016). Point of care testing with ultrasound. In M. Sheppard (Ed.), A Practical Guide to Global Point-of-Care Testing. Australia: CSIRO Publishing

Publications

Andani R, Jacques Q, Yi Y, Jelic T, Micks T, Bradbury-Squires D, Stone-McLean J, Parsons M, Sheppard G. Rural Canadian emergency care providers’ experiences using Point-of-Care Ultrasound – Manuscript Under Review with the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine

Ralhan, A., Byrne J., Jacques, Q., Sheppard, G., Rogers, P., Stone-McLean, J. A Bidirectional Virtual Teaching Platform for Postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training: A Pilot Study – Manuscript Under Review with the Canadian Medical Education Journal

Kim DJ, Bell CR, Sheppard G. Genitourinary ultrasound. Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America. 2024. doi:10.1016/j.emc.2024.05.007.

Bell C, Sheppard G, Andani R, Katz N, Kim DJ. Canadian association of emergency physicians emergency ultrasound committee best practice recommendations on point-of-care ultrasound disinfection. CJEM. 2024 Mar;26(3): 145-147. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00652-0.

Kim DJ, Sheppard G, Lewis D, Buchanan IM, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Myslik F, Lalande E, Bell CR, Chenkin J, Heslop CL, Olszynski P, Atkinson P, Burwash-Brennan T. POCUS literature primer: key papers on cardiac and lung POCUS. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2024. doi: 10.1007/s43678-024-00755-8.

Kim DJ, Atkinson P, Sheppard G, Chenkin J, Thavanathan R, Lewis D, Bell CR, Jelic T, Lalande E, Buchanan IM, Heslop CL, Burwash-Brennan T, Myslik F, Olszynski P. POCUS literature primer: key papers on POCUS in cardiac arrest and shock. CJEM. 2024 Jan; 26(1):15-22. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00611-1.

Bell C, Newbigging J, Sheppard G, Aspler A, Kim DJ. A primer for clinical POCUS leadership in your emergency department. CJEM. 2023 Apr; 25(4):266-268. doi: 10.1007/s43678-023-00450-0.

Kim DJ, Bell CR, Jelic T, Thavanathan R, Heslop CL, Myslik F, Lewis D, Atkinson P, Chenkin J, Buchanan IM, Olszynski P, Sheppard G, Burwash-Brennan T, Lalande E. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) literature primer: key papers on renal and biliary POCUS. Cureus. 2023 Apr 8; 15(4):e37294. doi: 10.7759/cureus.37294.

Sheppard G, Williams KL, Metcalfe B, Clark M, Bromley M, Pageau P, Woo M, Yi Y, Devasahayam AJ, Dubrowski A. Using Kane's framework to build an assessment tool for undergraduate medical student's clinical competency with point of care ultrasound. BMC Medical Education. 2023 Jan 19; 23(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04030-9.

Kim DJ, Bell C, Jelic T, Sheppard G, Robichaud L, Burwash-Brennan T, Chenkin J, Lalande E, Buchanan I, Atkinson P, Thavanathan R, Heslop C, Myslik F, Lewis D. Point of care ultrasound literature primer: Key papers on Focused Assessment With Sonography in Trauma (FAST) and Extended FAST. Cureus. 2022 Oct 6; 14(10):e30001. doi: 10.7759/cureus.30001.

Sheppard G, Devasahayam AJ, Campbell C, Najafizada M, Yi Y, Power A. The prevalence and patterns of use of point-of-care ultrasound in Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine. 2021 Oct 1;26(4):160.

Ma I, Steinmetz, P, Weerdenberg, K, Woo, M., Olszynski, P., Heslop, C., Miller, S., Sheppard, G., Daniels, V., Desy, J., Valois, M., Devine, L., Curtis, H., Romano, M. J., Martel, P., Jelic, T., Topping, C., Thompson D., Power, B., Profetto, J., Tonesth, P.  The Canadian Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum. J Ultrasound Med. 2020;9999:1-9.

Ma, I.W.Y., Steinmetz, P., Weerdenburg, K., Woo, M.Y., Olszynski, P., Heslop, C.L., Miller, S., Sheppard, G., Daniels, V., Desy, J., Valois, M., Devine, L., Curtis, H., Romano, M.J., Martel, P., Jelic, T., Topping, C., Thompson, D., Power, B., Profetto, J. and Tonseth, P. (2020), The Canadian Medical Student Ultrasound Curriculum. J Ultrasound Med, 39: 1279 1287. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.15218 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/jum.15218

Peng S, Micks T, Braganza D, Sue K, Woo M, Rogers P, Freedman S, Lewis J, Hu S, Varner C, Patel N, Hameed S, Steinmetz P. Canadian National Survey of Family Medicine Residents on Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training. Canadian Family Physician December 2019, 65 (12) e523-e530;

Micks T, Braganza D, Peng S, McCarthy P, Sue K, Doran P, Hall J, Holman H, O’Keefe D, Rogers P, Steinmetz P. Canadian National Survey on Point of Care Ultrasound Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs. Canadian Family Physician. 2018 Oct; 64(10)e462-e467

Smith A, Parsons M, Renouf T, Boyd S, Rogers P. A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Multidisciplinary Point of Care Ultrasound Program. Medical Teacher. 2018, Apr 24:1-6

Smith A, Parsons M, Renouf T, Boyd S, Rogers P. A mixed-methods evaluation of a multidisciplinary Point-of-Care Ultrasound program. Medical Teacher 2018 Apr 24: 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159X.2018.1461202

Smith, A., Addison, R., Rogers, P., Stone‐McLean, J., Boyd, S., Hoover, K., Pollard, M., Dubrowski, A., & Parsons, M. (2018). Remote Mentoring of Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound Skills to Inexperienced Operators Using Multiple Telemedicine Platforms: Is a Cell Phone Good Enough? Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine, 37(11), 2517–2525. https://doi.org/10.1002/jum.14609

Smith A, Addison R, Rogers P, Stone-McLean J, Boyd S, Hoover K, Pollard M,

Dubrowski A, Parsons M. Remote Mentoring of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Skills to

Inexperienced Operators Using Multiple Telemedicine Platforms: Is a Cell Phone Good

Enough? J Ultrasound Med. 2018 Nov;37(11):2517-2525. doi: 10.1002/jum.14609.

Epub 2018 Mar 25. PMID: 29577381.

Smith A, Addison R, Rogers P, Stone-McLean J, Boyd S, Hoover K, Pollard M, Adam Dubrowski A, Parsons M. Remote Mentoring of Point of Care Ultrasound Skills to Inexperienced Operators using Multiple Telemedicine Platforms - Is a Cellphone Good Enough? Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine. 2018 Mar 25. doi: 10.1002/jum.14609

Olszynski P, Kim D, Chenkin, J, Rang, L. and mems of the CAEP EUC curriculum working group. 2018. The CAEP Emergency Ultrasound Curriculum – Objectives and Recommendations for Implementation in Postgraduate Training: Executive Summary. CJEM 2018(1-3).  

Stone-Mclean J, Metcalfe B, Sheppard G, et al. (September 28, 2017) Developing an Undergraduate Ultrasound Curriculum: A Needs Assessment. Cureus 9(9): e1720. DOI 10.7759/cureus.1720 

Smith A, Addison R, Rogers P, Stone-Maclean J, Hoover K, Boyd S, Pollard M, Dubrowski A, Parsons M. Remote training of point of care ultrasound skills – Is a cellphone ‘good enough’? 2017 World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education. Montreal, QC. 2017.

Stone-Mclean J, Metcalfe B, Sheppard G, et al. Developing an undergraduate ultrasound curriculum: a needs assessment. Cureus 2017; 9(9): e.1720. doi:10.7759/cureus.1720

Micks T, Smith A, Parsons M, Locke T, Rogers P. Point of Care Ultrasonography Training for Rural Family Medicine Residents – It’s time has arrived. CJRM 2016 Winter; 21(1): 28-9.

Micks T, Sue K, Rogers P. Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Use in Rural Emergency Departments. Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine. 2016; 18(6):475-479

Micks T, Smith A, Parsons M, Locke T, Rogers P. Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Training for Rural Family Medicine Residents — Its Time Has Arrived. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine. 2016; 21(1):28-29

Peng S, Braganza D, Micks T, Doran P, McCarthy P, Sue K, O’Keefe D, Steinmetz P, Rogers P.  Canadian National Survey on Point of Care Ultrasound Training in Family Medicine Residency Programs. 2016 Family Medicine Forum (FMF), Vancouver, BC, November 9-12, 2016.

Black H, Sheppard G, Metcalfe B, et al. (June 10, 2016) Expert Facilitated Development of an Objective Assessment Tool for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Performance in Undergraduate Medical Education. Cureus 8(6): e636. doi:10.7759/cureus.636

Black H, Sheppard G, Metcalfe B, et al. Expert Facilitated Development of an Objective Assessment Tool for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Performance in Undergraduate Medical Education. Cureus 2016; 8(6): e636.

Black, H, Sheppard, G, Metcalfe, B, Stone-McLean, J, McCarthy, H, Dubrowski, A. Cureus 8 (6). 2016. Expert Facilitated Development of an Objective Assessment Tool for Point-of-Care Ultrasound Performance in Undergraduate Medical Education

P. Ross et al. Letter to the Editor: The View from the Other Side. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal 2014 Aug; 65(3):287e288

Posters

Andani R, Jacques Q, Yi Y, Jelic T, Micks T, Bradbury-Squires D, Stone-McLean J, Parsons M, Sheppard G. Rural Canadian emergency providers’ experiences with Point-of-Care Ultrasound. Poster. June 2024. CAEP conference. Saskatoon, SK.

Ralhan, A., Byrne J., Jacques, Q., Sheppard, G., Rogers, P., Stone-McLean, J. A Bidirectional Virtual Teaching Platform for Postgraduate Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training: A Pilot Study. Poster presentation at Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians (CAEP), Toronto, ON, May 2023.

Moores, E., Naji, L., Barone, C., Kavanagh, O., Profetto, J., Sheppard, G. Point of Care Ultrasound in Undergraduate Medical Education: Where does it belong? Health Professions Educational Scholarship Forum 2018, Faculty of Medicine, St. John’s, NL

McGrath K, Metcalfe B. Can Ultrasound Technologists teach point-of-care ultrasound curriculum? Medical Student Research Day, 2017. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Black, H., Sheppard, G., Metcalfe, B., Stone-McLean, J., McCarthy, H., Dubrowski. An undergraduate Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum: A Case Study in the Development of an Objective Assessment Tool using a Modified Delphi Technique. Sim Summit Conference 2015, Banff, AB

Hughes K, Rogers P. Examining Application of Point of Care Ultrasound amongst Family Medicine Preceptors. Family Medicine Residency Program research day, St. John’s, NL, 2015.

Black H, Sheppard G, Metcalfe B, et al. An Undergraduate point of care ultrasound curriculum: a case study in the development of an objective assessment tool using a modified Delphi technique. Medical Education Scholarship Forum, 2015. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Stone-McLean J., Metcalfe B., Sheppard G., et al. The need for an undergraduate point of care ultrasound curriculum. Family Medicine Research Forum, 2014. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Metcalfe B, Sheppard G, Stone-McLean J, et al. Developing an undergraduate point of care ultrasound curriculum: a needs assessment. World Congress on Ultrasound in Medical Education, 2014. Portland, Oregon, USA.

Stone-McLean J, Metcalfe B, Sheppard G, et al. The need for an undergraduate point of care ultrasound curriculum. Family Medicine Research Forum, 2014. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

Oral Presentations

Sheppard, G., Hutchings, C., Collins, P., Harris, J. Teaching anatomy with Point of Care Ultrasound. Health Professions Education Scholarship Forum. 2021. St. John’s, NL.

Hickey K, Metcalfe B. Biometrics associated with the successful assessment of early pregnancy using high-frequency transabdominal ultrasound. Medical Student Research Day, 2017. St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.