Dr. Linden Kolbenson MD, FRCPC
Assistant Professor General Internal Medicine

Current research interests focus on best ways to facilitate POCUS education at various levels of training.

Education and credentials

2020-22 – General internal medicine fellowship, University of Saskatchewan (USask)

2017-20 – Core internal medicine residency, USask

2017 – MD, USask

 

Formal role with the College of Medicine as the undergraduate medical education (UGME) Clerkship POCUS Lead. Regular POCUS instructor for stand alone POCUS courses in the province of Saskatchewan. Informal integration of POCUS education into clinical rotations with internal medicine residents and general internal medicine fellows.

Inpatient and outpatient internal medicine practice with a focus on safe integration of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) into clinical practice.

Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (including Kolbenson L). Canadian Internal Medicine Ultrasound (CIMUS) consensus statement: recommendations for mandatory ultrasound competencies for ultrasound-guided thoracentesis, paracentesis, and central venous catheterization. Ultrasound J 16, 21 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13089-024-00363-8

Murray, S., Trinder, K., Kolbenson, L., Katulka, J., & Olszynski, P. (2023). Virtual Supervision of Third Year Medical Students Using Handheld POCUS Devices and Cloud-based Image Archiving Provides Opportunity for Feedback and Skill Improvement. POCUS Journal, 8(1), 60–64. https://doi.org/10.24908/pocus.v8i1.16195

Kolbenson L, Olszynski P, Ma I. A Sinister Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Finding in a Patient with New Heart Failure. Can Journ Gen Int Med [Internet]. 2022 Oct. 19 [cited 2022 Oct. 24];17(4):6-13. Available from: https://cjgim.ca/index.php/csim/article/view/613