Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound: Does it Affect Scores on Standardized Assessment Tests Used Within the Preclinical Curriculum?

Liu, Rachel B.; Suwondo, David N.; Donroe, Joseph H.; Encandela, John; Weisenthal, Karrin; Moore, Christopher L.

doi:10.1002/jum.14709

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“…The likelihood that HHU devices will become ubiquitous outside the ED relatively soon has led some to suggest that US should become a routine part of the physical examination [ 3 ••, 40 , 62 ]. As US education is increasingly incorporated into medical school curricula, it is likely to make specialty-specific training and implementation at the graduate level easier and more widespread [ 5 , 63 – 65 ].…”

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The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in Emergency Medicine

Malik

Rowland

Haber

et al. 2021

Curr Emerg Hosp Med Rep

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Purpose of Review Ultraportable handheld ultrasound (HHU) devices are being rapidly adopted by emergency medicine (EM) physicians. Though knowledge of the breadth of their utility and functionality is still limited compared to cart-based systems, these machines are becoming more common due to ease-of-use, extreme affordability, and improving technology. Recent Findings Images obtained with HHU are comparable to those obtained with traditional machines but create unique issues regarding billing and data management. HHU devices are increasingly used successfully to augment the education of practitioners-in-training, by emergency physicians in austere environments, and in the burgeoning fields of “tele-ultrasound” and augmented reality scanning. Summary This review seeks to describe the current state of use of HHU devices in the emergency department (ED) including device overview, institutional concerns, unique areas of use, recent literature since their adoption into clinical EM, and their future potential.

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Section: Future Of Handhelds In the Edmentioning

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The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in Emergency Medicine

Malik

Rowland

Haber

et al. 2021

Curr Emerg Hosp Med Rep

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“…Indeed, the implementation of an ultrasound programme has been shown to improve overall understanding and performance of physical examination by medical students in an ultrasound education programme. 19 20…”

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Point-of-care ultrasound augments physical examination learning by undergraduate medical students

Wong

Hai

Chan

et al. 2020

Postgraduate Medical Journal

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BackgroundLittle is known about the impact of the provision of handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) devices on physical examination skills of medical students.MethodsWe describe an educational initiative that comprised a POCUS workshop followed by allocation of a POCUS device to medical students for use over the subsequent 8 weeks. They were encouraged to scan patients and correlate their physical examination findings. A mobile instant messaging group discussion platform was set to provide feedback from instructors. Physical examination skills were assessed by means of clinical examination.Results210 final-year medical students from the University of Hong Kong participated in the programme. 46.3% completed the end of programme electronic survey: 74.6% enjoyed using the POCUS device, 50.0% found POCUS useful to validate physical examination findings and 47.7% agreed that POCUS increased their confidence with physical examination. 93.9% agreed that the programme should be incorporated into the medical curriculum and 81.9% would prefer keeping the device for longer time from 16 weeks (45.6%) to over 49 weeks (35.3%). Medical students who participated in the POCUS programme had a higher mean score for abdominal examination compared with those from the previous academic year with no POCUS programme (3.65±0.52 vs 3.21±0.80, p=0.014), but there was no statistically significant difference in their mean score for cardiovascular examination (3.62±0.64 vs 3.36±0.93, p=0.203).ConclusionThe POCUS programme that included provision of a personal handheld POCUS device improved students’ attitude, confidence and ability to perform a physical examination.

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“…Several studies have demonstrated the potential for long term clinical skills. [1,2] As the utility and scope of POCUS expands, it is important to ensure that physicians are competent with this technology and have a good understanding of the abilities and limitations of this imaging modality.…”

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A comparison of simulation versus didactics for teaching ultrasound to Swiss medical students

Shah¹,

Tohmasi²,

Frisch³

et al. 2019

World Journal of Emergency Medicine

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RESULTS: Totally 115 Swiss medical students were enrolled in our study. The mean precourse ultrasound exam score was 39.5% for the simulation group and 41.6% for the didactic group (P>0.05). The mean pre-course physiology exam score was 54.1% for the simulation group and 59.3% for the didactic group (P>0.05). The simulation group showed statistically significant improvement on the physiology exam, improving from 54.1% to 75.3% (P<0.01). The didactic group also showed statistically signifi cant improvement on the physiology exam, improving from 59.3% to 70.0% (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: Our data indicates that both simulation curriculum and standard didactic curriculum can be used to teach ultrasound. Simulation based training showed statistically signifi cant improvement in physiology learning when compared to standard didactic curriculum.

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Point‐of‐Care Ultrasound: Does it Affect Scores on Standardized Assessment Tests Used Within the Preclinical Curriculum?

Cited by 20 publications

References 40 publications

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in Emergency Medicine

The Use of Handheld Ultrasound Devices in Emergency Medicine

Point-of-care ultrasound augments physical examination learning by undergraduate medical students

A comparison of simulation versus didactics for teaching ultrasound to Swiss medical students

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