Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum for Medical Students: Report of a Blended Learning Curriculum Implementation and Validation
Bedside Ultrasound Curriculum for Medical Students: Report of a Blended Learning Curriculum Implementation and Validation
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DOI:
10.1002/jcu.22224
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发表时间:
2015-03-01
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0.9
通讯作者:
Szyld, Demian
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作者:
Blackstock, Uche;Munson, Jaclyn;Szyld, Demian
BackgroundMedical students on clinical rotations rarely receive formal bedside ultrasound (BUS) training. We designed, implemented, and evaluated a standardized BUS curriculum for medical students on their Emergency Medicine (EM) rotation. Teaching was aimed toward influencing four cognitive and psychomotor learning domains: BUS instrumentation knowledge, image interpretation, image acquisition, and procedural guidance.MethodsParticipants viewed three instructional Web-based tutorials on BUS instrumentation, the Focused Assessment for Sonography in Trauma (FAST) examination and ultrasound-guided central venous catheter (CVC) placement. Subsequently, participants attended a 3-hour hands-on training session to discuss the same content area and practice with faculty coaches. A Web-based, multiple-choice questionnaire was administered before and after the session. During the final week of the rotation, students returned for skills assessments on FAST image acquisition and CVC placement.ResultsForty-five medical students on an EM rotation were enrolled. Sonographic knowledge overall mean score improved significantly from 66.6% (SD 11.2) to 85.7% (SD +/- 10.0), corresponding to a mean difference of 19.1% (95% CI 15.5-22.7; p