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>In my opinion, the mentor should be one among the A&E specialists. >Radiology does not supervise other uses of ultrasound in the hospital, >does it? OB-Gyn? Cardiology? >As someone wrote earlier, this is the position to which the American >emergency medicine community adheres... >John Fowler, MD The difference is that ED performed US is in its infancy, many centres maybe having no US lead from ED. Radiologists do not perform echo which is why they don't mentor. There is nothing to say that radiologists have to be a mentor, but one should be mentored by one with the appropriate skills whether they are radiologists or ED physicians. I want to develop US skills. As I am the most experienced in the department, I will have to go outside to expand my scope of practice. Whether that is an ultrasonographer, radiologists I do not mind as long as they are prepared to pass on knowledge. Andy Webster Consultant in Emergency Medicine Royal Lancaster Infirmary 07886 407783 ________________________________________________________________________ National Patient Safety Agency - supporting Doctors.net.uk members in safe practice. http://www.doctors.net.uk/NPSA _______________________________________________________________________