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We created and implemented a novel online POCUS-FINB module and evaluated its efficacy in knowledge, confidence, and technical skill acquisition among PEM physicians.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This was a prospective presurvey and postsurvey study of PEM attendings and fellows. The curriculum was developed using the Kern 6-step framework and included an online module and a brief hands-on session. Confidence, knowledge, and technical skills were assessed using a Likert scale, multiple-choice tests, and an observation checklist, respectively. In addition, we reviewed the proportion of eligible patients who received POCUS-FINB at our institution precurriculum and postcurriculum implementation.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Twenty-seven PEM physicians in 2 pediatric emergency departments participated in the study. Twenty-two completed all assessments from January 2022 to July 2023. Physicians demonstrated improved confidence with POCUS-FINB methods after completion of the online curriculum, with 4% reporting being confident or very confident before and 71% after the module (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). On the knowledge test, there was a statistically significant improvement, with mean scores from 77% premodule to 95% postmodule (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt;0.001). Immediately after the module, participants scored well in technical skills with a mean score of 92%. There was a significant increase in the proportion of eligible patients with femur fractures who received blocks over the study period, 19% during the premodule period and 38% during the postmodule period (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      =0.046).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>After completing a web-based curriculum for POCUS-FINB, PEM physicians showed improvement in confidence and knowledge and performed well in their technical skills.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/pec.0000000000003609","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]],"date-time":"2026-04-17T07:00:38Z","timestamp":1776409238000},"page":"e106-e111","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Evaluation of an Online Module for Fascia Iliaca Block Education for Pediatric Femur Fractures in the Pediatric Emergency Department"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"42","author":[{"given":"Mukuka","family":"Kangwa","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Children\u2019s Hospital Colorado\/University of Colorado Anschutz Campus, Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Aurora, CO"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5866-4959","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ashkon","family":"Shaahinfar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA"},{"name":"Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound, UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital, San Francisco, CA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3673-1804","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Newton","family":"Addo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"UCSF Benioff Children\u2019s Hospital, Oakland, CA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Margaret","family":"Lin-Martore","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA"},{"name":"Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,4,17]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"R1-20260909","first-page":"CD009587","article-title":"Nerve blocks for initial pain management of femoral fractures in children","volume":"2013","author":"Black","year":"2013","journal-title":"Cochrane Database Syst Rev"},{"key":"R2-20260909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"864","DOI":"10.1097\/PEC.0000000000000634","article-title":"Ultrasound-guided femoral nerve blocks","volume":"31","author":"Baker","year":"2015","journal-title":"Pediatr Emerg Care"},{"key":"R3-20260909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"561","DOI":"10.1097\/01.bpo.0000230335.19029.ab","article-title":"Epidemiology and mechanisms of femur fractures in children","volume":"26","author":"Loder","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Pediatr Orthop"},{"key":"R4-20260909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e543","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2004-1064","article-title":"Childhood femur fractures, associated injuries, and sociodemographic risk factors: a population-based study","volume":"115","author":"Rewers","year":"2005","journal-title":"Pediatrics"},{"key":"R5-20260909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"14574969221083133","DOI":"10.1177\/14574969221083133","article-title":"Incidence of femoral fractures in children and adolescents in Finland and Sweden between 1998 and 2016: a binational population-based study","volume":"111","author":"Salonen","year":"2022","journal-title":"Scand J Surg"},{"key":"R6-20260909","first-page":"39","article-title":"The most frequent traumatic orthopaedic injuries from a national pediatric inpatient population","volume":"25","author":"Galano","year":"2005","journal-title":"J Pediatr Orthop"},{"key":"R7-20260909","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"500","DOI":"10.2106\/00004623-199904000-00007","article-title":"Fractures of the femoral shaft in children. 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