About

Dr. Rebecca Gwaltney is a family physician at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical School, where she practices full-spectrum family medicine, including obstetrics, and teaches residents in the UMass Worcester Family Medicine Residency Program. She proudly serves as the POCUS Education Director for the UMass Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, leading all aspects of Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS) education. A dynamic and dedicated educator, Dr. Gwaltney has been instrumental in expanding ultrasound training for family medicine learners at UMass. In partnership with her colleague, Dr. Erin Cathcart, she co-developed and implemented a comprehensive residency POCUS curriculum that has strengthened both resident competency and the department’s ultrasound culture. In her academic leadership role, Dr. Gwaltney oversees the residency’s core POCUS curriculum, hands-on workshops, elective rotations, and the quality assurance review of resident-acquired images. She is also a founding member and instructor of the UMass Interprofessional Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation (iCELS) “Intro to POCUS Hands-On Course,” a full-day interprofessional workshop serving clinicians across a wide range of medical specialties. She is a past recipient of the UMass Department of Family and Community Medicine Educator of the Year Award. Dr. Gwaltney is an active national presenter, sharing her work in curricular innovation and faculty development. She has presented at the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Conferences, including sessions on faculty development in POCUS education and practical strategies for building a residency ultrasound curriculum from the ground up.

POCUS Teaching Experience

• POCUS Education Director, UMass Department of Family Medicine o Co-creator of the residency’s integrated and longitudinal POCUS curriculum o Oversees POCUS didactics and workshops for both residents and faculty • Instructor & founding member, UMass Interprofessional Center for Experiential Learning and Simulation (iCELS) “Intro to POCUS Hands-On Course” • National POCUS presentations at STFM Spring Conference (2025): o Faculty Learning With (and From!) Our Learners: How to Prioritize Both Faculty Development and Resident Education o We Built a POCUS Curriculum From Scratch, and You Can Too! An Interactive Guide to Incorporating POCUS Into Your Residency

POCUS Publications

• Cathcart E, Roy I, Coderre D, Gwaltney R. Ultrasound for Primary Care, 1st edition. Fam Med. 2026. Accepted, pending publication.