VP34.24: Fetal biometry in ultrasound: a new approach to assess simulation long‐term impact on clinical practice patterns

Abstract

Results: Several themes were generated from the interviews which highlighted the difference in learning transvaginal ultrasound (TVUS) between clinical and simulation environments. The participants reported that the simulation learning environment was relaxed when compared to training during clinical practice, due to the opportunity to focus on the TV scans and to discuss the findings with colleagues in an unlimited length of time and without concerns about the patient's presence. The clinical training was reported as a stressful environment for learning due to the need to perform an invasive scan with limited experience, time constraints and limited privacy to perform learning attitudes in front of patients. Conclusions: Simulation-based training was found to be a friendly learning environment that provides a relaxed format for learning TVUS skills when compared to clinical-based training. The opportunity to train freely without time constraints in a private environment was of considerable importance to novice practitioners and was found to potentially induce efficient learning experiences once employed within the context of limited pressure. VP34.23 Usefulness of an intrapartum ultrasound simulator for midwives training: results from a RCT

Training in Obstetric Ultrasound Biometry

“…2,6 Different ways of improving ultrasound training have been Supplemental material online at jultrasoundmed.org explored, that is, the contribution of threedimensional ultrasound or ultrasound simulator. 7,8 Unfortunately access to training in ultrasound is still limited not only because of lacking resources, but also because of a missing comprehensive structured training program. In academic prenatal care facilities such as University College London Hospital in England (UCLH) and at Maternité Regionale Universitaire de Nancy (MRUN) in France, a structured training program ensures that junior sonographers are being trained by senior sonographers in order to become independent in performing all levels of obstetric ultrasound screening examinations following international society recommendations.…”

“…Experienced sonographers have been shown to obtain highly reliable measurements and that intra‐ and interobserver variability increases with advancing gestations 2,6 . Different ways of improving ultrasound training have been explored, that is, the contribution of three‐dimensional ultrasound or ultrasound simulator 7,8 . Unfortunately access to training in ultrasound is still limited not only because of lacking resources, but also because of a missing comprehensive structured training program.…”