The Echo Report Understood: Improving Education in Echocardiography for Junior Doctors.

Autor:	Nichols MM; Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, GBR., Draper J; Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, GBR., Webb J; Cardiology, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, GBR.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Cureus [Cureus] 2024 Jul 29; Vol. 16 (7), pp. e65630. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 29 (Print Publication: 2024).
DOI:	10.7759/cureus.65630
Abstrakt:	With echocardiography standing as the most widely used cardiac imaging modality, echocardiography report interpretation is a core responsibility of junior doctors. The literature, however, reveals a deficit in echocardiography education. The implications of this for patient care should not be ignored. To address this need, a hybrid teaching session was developed for junior (intern and resident grade) doctors, with the aim to increase understanding of echocardiography and increase confidence in report interpretation. Pre- and post-session data were analysed. Results revealed that the vast majority of respondents received less than an hour of echocardiography teaching at medical school, with over two-thirds receiving less than an hour in the postgraduate setting. A total of 80% of doctors interpreted echocardiography reports weekly, with almost all doctors perceiving this skill as important. Despite this, an overwhelming majority of doctors did not feel confident interpreting reports. The educational intervention achieved significant increases in perceived understanding of echocardiography and confidence with report interpretation. Participants were better able to identify cardiac pathology and understand report terminology. This intervention has the scope to improve patient safety through better management of cardiac patients and recognition of pathology from echocardiography. This work also identifies a need for more echocardiography education, having uncovered a concerning lack of confidence amongst junior doctors and an appetite for further teaching on this important topic. Competing Interests: Human subjects: Consent was obtained or waived by all participants in this study. Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust issued approval See below. The quality improvement project was appropriately registered and approved by Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. It was considered that ethical approval was not required for this project on the following basis: The work was conducted in compliance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki (1964). There was no potential harm to participants; anonymity of participants was/is guaranteed; anonymous data have been collected and stored in accordance with institutional data protection guidelines; and informed consent of participants was obtained for participation and publication. The data collected formed part of the quality assurance and service evaluation processes for medical education at the Trust. . Animal subjects: All authors have confirmed that this study did not involve animal subjects or tissue. Conflicts of interest: In compliance with the ICMJE uniform disclosure form, all authors declare the following: Payment/services info: All authors have declared that no financial support was received from any organization for the submitted work. Financial relationships: All authors have declared that they have no financial relationships at present or within the previous three years with any organizations that might have an interest in the submitted work. Other relationships: All authors have declared that there are no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work. (Copyright © 2024, Nichols et al.)
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