Can ultrasound novices develop image acquisition skills after reviewing online ultrasound modules?
BMC Med Educ
; 21(1): 175, 2021 Mar 20.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1143211
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Point-of-care ultrasound is becoming a ubiquitous diagnostic tool, and there has been increasing interest to teach novice practitioners. One of the challenges is the scarcity of qualified instructors, and with COVID-19, another challenge is the difficulty with social distancing between learners and educators. The purpose of our study was to determine if ultrasound-naïve operators can learn ultrasound techniques and develop the psychomotor skills to acquire ultrasound images after reviewing SonoSim® online modules.METHODS:
This was a prospective study evaluating first-year medical students. Medical students were asked to complete four SonoSim® online modules (aorta/IVC, cardiac, renal, and superficial). They were subsequently asked to perform ultrasound examinations on standardized patients utilizing the learned techniques/skills in the online modules. Emergency Ultrasound-trained physicians evaluated medical students' sonographic skills in image acquisition quality, image acquisition difficulty, and overall performance. Data are presented as means and percentages with standard deviation. All P values are based on 2-tailed tests of significance.RESULTS:
Total of 44 medical students participated in the study. All (100%) students completed the hands-on skills evaluation with a median score of 83.7% (IQR 76.7-88.4%). Thirty-three medical students completed all the online modules and quizzes with median score of 87.5% (IQR 83.8-91.3%). There was a positive association between module quiz performance and the hands-on skills performance (R-squared = 0.45; p < 0.001). There was no statistically significant association between module performance and hands-on performance for any of the four categories individually. In all four categories, the evaluators' observation of the medical students' difficulty obtaining views correlated with hands-on performance scores.CONCLUSIONS:
Our study findings suggest that ultrasound-naïve medical students can develop basic hands-on skills in image acquisition after reviewing online modules.Palabras clave
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Colección:
Bases de datos internacionales
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Ultrasonografía
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Competencia Clínica
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Sistemas de Atención de Punto
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Educación a Distancia
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Educación de Pregrado en Medicina
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de cohorte
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Estudios diagnósticos
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
BMC Med Educ
Asunto de la revista:
Educación
Año:
2021
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
S12909-021-02612-z
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