Entrustment
Faculty score each reviewed scan for entrustment on a scale of 1 to 5.
The fellowship
The fellowship
A postgraduate fellowship in emergency point-of-care ultrasound for senior emergency physicians in Kuwait. The first cohort starts on 5 October 2026.
At a glance
Structure
The key facts about the fellowship.
- Who it is for
- Senior emergency physicians specialising in emergency ultrasound
- First cohort
- Starts 5 October 2026
- Length
- 2 years
- Fellows per cohort
- Up to 2 fellows each year
- Where
- Emergency departments including Mubarak Al Kabeer Hospital, Jaber Al-Ahmad Hospital, Adan Hospital and Al Amiri Hospital.
- Machines
- GE Versana, GE Logiq, Wisonic
- Scan target
- 1,500 scans over the fellowship
- Leadership
- Dr. Munaa Dashti, program director; Dr. Abdullah Altaweel, assistant program director. Faculty
- Committees
- Competence, exam and wellness committees
Day to day
What fellows do
- Scan patients at the bedside in the emergency department.
- Log every scan in the QA platform, with their own interpretation.
- Perform ultrasound-guided procedures and log them.
- Read and act on the written feedback faculty send on their scans.
- Act as seniors for KBEM residents on rotation, confirming the residents' scans.
Quality assurance
How review and feedback work
Every scan follows the same path, from the bedside to the outcome. Faculty read each clip before they see the fellow's answer.
Scan
The fellow scans the patient in the emergency department and saves the clip.
Log
The fellow logs the scan in the QA platform with their own interpretation.
Blind read
A faculty member reviews the clip and records their own read, without seeing the fellow's.
Reveal and score
The fellow's interpretation is revealed. Faculty score entrustment from 1 to 5.
Feedback
Faculty send written teaching feedback to the fellow.
Outcome
Accuracy is tracked against what happened next: CT, surgery or the clinical course.
Why blind? Reading the clip before seeing the fellow's answer keeps the faculty read independent of it.
Scan target
1,500 scans over the fellowship
The program target is 1,500 scans over the fellowship, each logged with the fellow's own interpretation.
Assessment
How fellows are assessed
Accuracy against outcomes
Fellows' interpretations are checked against outcomes: CT, surgery and the clinical course. This builds a record of how accurate each fellow's reads are.
Competence committee
The competence committee reviews each fellow's progress, using a report built from every reviewed scan. It is led by the assistant program director.
Fellows, faculty and directors sign in to the fellowship QA platform with a link sent to their email. No password is needed.