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pointofcare ultrasound pocus allows rapid bedside assessment guidance patient care recently pocus included mandatory component canadian anesthesiology training however national consensus regarding competencies guide curriculum development therefore aimed define national residency competencies basic perioperative pocus proficiency adopted delphi process delineate relevant pocus competencies whereby circulated online survey academic anesthesiologists identified pocus leadsexperts n 25 17 canadian anesthesiology residency programs reviewing list competencies derived royal college physicians surgeons canadas national curriculum asked participants accept refine delete add competencies three rounds completed 2022 2023 discarded items 50 agreement revised 5079 agreement based upon feedback provided maintained unrevised items 80 agreement initially identified circulated round 1 74 competencies across 19 clinical domains eg basics ultrasound equipment nomenclature clinical governance physics cardiac left ventricle right ventricle valve assessment pericardial effusion intravascular volume status lung ultrasound anatomy image acquisition image interpretation clinical applications monitoring serial assessments persistent hypotension respiratory distress cardiac arrest three delphi rounds 100 response rate maintained panellists ultimately agreed upon 75 competencies national expert consensus study identified pocus competencies suitable curriculum development assessment perioperative anesthesiology next steps include designing piloting pocus curriculum assessment tools based upon nationally defined competencies