Rachel Shing, MD
Boston Medical Center Health System "Tele-Ultrasound for Low- and Middle-Income Country Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training: Learning Curves and Post-training Use"
Biography
Rachel Shing, MD, is an emergency medicine physician and assistant professor at Boston University’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. She completed fellowship training in advanced emergency ultrasound and global health at Boston Medical Center.
Dr. Shing’s work focuses on expanding access to high-quality emergency care and point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) through education and research. She has extensive experience teaching POCUS in international settings, including Haiti, Ghana, Namibia, and South Africa. Her current research centers on developing sustainable local POCUS expertise in northern Namibia, utilizing teleultrasound technology to provide remote, real-time instruction. Through this work, she and her Namibian research collaborators aim to improve patient access to diagnostic imaging in a rural, resource-limited region of the country.
