Tobias Todsen1, Morten Lind Jensen2, Martin Grønnebæk Tolsgaard3, Beth Härstedt Olsen4, Birthe Merete Henriksen5, Jens Georg Hillingsø6, Lars Konge7, Charlotte Ringsted8. 1. Centre for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen, The Capital Region of Denmark, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark; Greenland Center for Health Research, University of Greenland, Manutooq 1, 3905 Nuuk, Greenland. Electronic address: tobiastodsen@gmail.com. 2. Centre for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen, The Capital Region of Denmark, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark; Global Development, Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvaerd, Denmark. 3. Centre for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen, The Capital Region of Denmark, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nordsjællands University Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark. 4. Department of Radiology, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark. 5. Department of Radiology, Ultrasound Section, Diagnostic Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 6. Department of Surgery, Abdominal Centre, Copenhagen University Hospital Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark. 7. Centre for Clinical Education, University of Copenhagen, The Capital Region of Denmark, Blegdamsvej 9, 2100 Copenhagen East, Denmark. 8. Faculty of Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Clinicians are increasingly using point-of-care ultrasonography for bedside examinations of patients. However, proper training is needed in this technique, and it is unknown whether the skills learned from focused Ultrasonography courses are being transferred to diagnostic performance on patients. METHODS:Thirty-one physicians were randomized to participate in a focused Ultrasonography course or control circumstances before they examined 4 patients with different abdominal conditions by ultrasonography. Performance scores and diagnostic accuracy were compared using independent samples t test and binary logistic regression, respectively. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in the performance score between the intervention group (27.4%) and the control group (18.0%, P = .004) and the diagnostic accuracy between the intervention group (65%) and the control group (39%, P = .014). CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians could successfully transfer learning from an Ultrasonography course to improve diagnostic performance on patients. However, our results also indicate a need for more training when new technologies such as point-of-care ultrasonography are introduced.
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BACKGROUND: Clinicians are increasingly using point-of-care ultrasonography for bedside examinations of patients. However, proper training is needed in this technique, and it is unknown whether the skills learned from focused Ultrasonography courses are being transferred to diagnostic performance on patients. METHODS: Thirty-one physicians were randomized to participate in a focused Ultrasonography course or control circumstances before they examined 4 patients with different abdominal conditions by ultrasonography. Performance scores and diagnostic accuracy were compared using independent samples t test and binary logistic regression, respectively. RESULTS: There was a significant difference in the performance score between the intervention group (27.4%) and the control group (18.0%, P = .004) and the diagnostic accuracy between the intervention group (65%) and the control group (39%, P = .014). CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians could successfully transfer learning from an Ultrasonography course to improve diagnostic performance on patients. However, our results also indicate a need for more training when new technologies such as point-of-care ultrasonography are introduced.
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