Evaluation of a Short‐term Training Program in Bedside Emergency Ultrasound in Southwestern Tanzania

Shaffer, Mark A.; Brown, Heather A.; McCoy, Chloe M.; Bashaka, Prosper

doi:10.7863/ultra.16.04006

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“…This contributes to a lack of formal emergency care training in regions like Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where 3% of the world's healthcare workers (HCWs) confronts 24% of the world's disease burden [3] . Short courses have emerged as a high-impact intervention to bolster emergency-specific skills and knowledge among HCWs in LMICs where formal, long-term training options will not fill the training gap in the next decade [4] , [5] , [6] .…”

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Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis

Friedman

Wallis

Bullick³

et al. 2022

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis

Friedman

Wallis

Bullick³

et al. 2022

African Journal of Emergency Medicine

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“…The content of the theory test is based on knowledge obtained in class. After each skill training, 5 specific sections are required to be completed within 5 min, and the practical results are determined from the aspects of image quality, technique, special parts annotation and proficiency [3]. Two teachers graded and averaged the scores.…”

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Preliminary exploration of theory and practice training of 5G ultrasonic remote consultation in grassroot hospitals

Wang

Zheng

Xiong

et al. 2022

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background With the rapid development of science and technology, telemedicine diagnosis and treatment systems have gradually attracted increased attention and applications.5G ultrasound is an important branch of telemedicine, connecting grassroots hospitals at one end and provincal hospitals at the other, which provides remote guidance to grassroots doctors for ultrasound examination and image diagnosis. It is convenient for villagers obtaining diagnosis and advice from provincial ultrasound experts, saving time and economic costs, as well as benefiting from high-quality ultrasound medical resources. In this study, taishun County community grassroot hospitals were selected as the pilot study of 5G ultrasound application, to explore the effectiveness of their theory and practice, and gradually improve the remote ultrasound diagnosis and treatment standards, so as to improve their quality of grassroots hospitals and benefit grassroots people. Methods This is a descriptive study. The Provincal Hospital will conduct ultrasonic theory and practice training for grassroot hospitals. The training subjects included 43 doctors in grassroots hospitals who were willing to carry out ultrasound examinations. Theories, skills training scores and trainees' questionnaires on teaching content were collected and analyzed. After passing theoretical and practical training, they will conduct ultrasound examinations in their respective communities and collect relevant cases. There are 148 cases thus far for analysis. It mainly included the type of disease, whether the patient was out-patient or inpatient, frequency of ultrasound visits in recent 5 years, and follow-up treatment measures. Results It mainly included three aspects: (1) Through theoretical and practical training, the ultrasonic diagnosis level of grassroot doctors was significantly improved. The difference in scores between the two practical trainings was statistically significant. (2) Forty-three questionnaires were sent out, feedback from trainees was very high. Most of them was very satisfied with our training. The total score of the questionnaire was 10, and 97.67% of them score more than 8. (3) In total, there were 148 remote consultation cases, including 67 males and 81 females, who were aged 21 to 101 years old (62.40 ± 15.73).mainly abdominal ultrasound, and typical cases involve fatty liver, hepatic cyst, gallbladder stone, kidney stone and so on. We analyzed case data and provided follow-up treatment recommendations. Conclusion As a “visual apparatus”, 5G ultrasound can be routinely carried out in grassroot hospitals, which can provide mutual benefit between doctors and patients and comprehensively promote healthy villages.

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“…The practice training content is shown in Table 2. The content of the theory test is the knowledge in class.After each skill training, 5 speci c sections are required to be completed within 5 minutes, and the practice results are counted from the aspects of image quality, technique, special parts annotation and pro ciency [2] , The two teachers graded and averaged the scores.The doctors who have passed theoretical and practical training with the training certi cate are required to provide 5 cases per month. After the completion of the training, the doctors was required to ll in the questionnaire to investigate the corresponding problems in the "Feedback Evaluation Form of Taishun Ultrasound Ability Improvement Training Course".…”

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Preliminary Exploration Of Theory And Practice Training Of 5G Ultrasonic Remote Consultation In The Grassroot Hospitals

Wang

Zheng

Xiong

et al. 2022

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Background: Many people in rural areas have not had an ultrasound examination for a long time due to lack of medical resources. So we go through training doctors in grassroot hospitals to explore the clinical and practical value of remote ultrasound.Methods: The Superior hospital will conduct ultrasonic theory and practice training for the grassroot hospitals. After passing the training, remote ultrasonic diagnosis will be carried out at the grassroot level, then feedback and case data will be collected.Results: Through training, the ultrasonic diagnosis level of the grassroot doctors has been significantly improved. At present, a total of 148 cases of consultation have been completed through remote ultrasound "visual apparatus", mainly abdominal ultrasound, and the common cases are fatty liver, hepatic cyst, gallbladder stone, kidney stone and so on . Conclusion: As a "visual apparatus", remote ultrasound can be routinely carried out in the grassroot hospitals, which can promote mutual benefit between doctors and patients and comprehensively promote the construction of healthy villages.

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Evaluation of a Short‐term Training Program in Bedside Emergency Ultrasound in Southwestern Tanzania

Cited by 8 publications

References 9 publications

Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis

Pre-course online cases for the world health organization's basic emergency care course in Uganda: A mixed methods analysis

Preliminary exploration of theory and practice training of 5G ultrasonic remote consultation in grassroot hospitals

Preliminary Exploration Of Theory And Practice Training Of 5G Ultrasonic Remote Consultation In The Grassroot Hospitals

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