Implementation of a 4-Year Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum in a Liaison Committee on Medical Education-Accredited US Medical School
| Autor: | Wilson, Sean P, Mefford, Jason M, Lahham, Shadi, Lotfipour, Shahram, Subeh, Mohammad, Maldonado, Gracie, Spann, Sophia, Fox, John C |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Undergraduate
Schools Point-of-Care Systems education Clinical Sciences medical school Diagnostic Radiology Education Accreditation milestone Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging Cross-Sectional Studies Medical Humans Biomedical Imaging Ultrasonics Curriculum Clinical Competence point-of-care ultrasound medical education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine, vol 36, iss 2 Wilson, SP; Mefford, JM; Lahham, S; Lotfipour, S; Subeh, M; Maldonado, G; et al.(2017). Implementation of a 4-Year Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum in a Liaison Committee on Medical Education-Accredited US Medical School. JOURNAL OF ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE, 36(2), 321-325. doi: 10.7863/ultra.16.03068. UC Irvine: Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/8gp8r4bt |
| DOI: | 10.7863/ultra.16.03068. |
| Popis: | ObjectivesThe established benefits of point-of-care ultrasound have given rise to multiple new and innovative curriculums to incorporate ultrasound teaching into medical education. This study sought to measure the educational success of a comprehensive and integrated 4-year point-of-care ultrasound curriculum.MethodsWe integrated a curriculum consisting of traditional didactics combined with asynchronous learning modules and hands-on practice on live models with skilled sonographers into all 4 years of education at a Liaison Committee on Medical Education-accredited US Medical School. Each graduating student was administered an exit examination with 48 questions that corresponded to ultrasound milestones.ResultsNinety-five percent (n = 84) of fourth-year medical students completed the exit examination. The mean score was 79.5% (SD, 10.2%), with mean scores on the ultrasound physics and anatomy subsections being 77.1% (SD, 11.0%) and 85.9% (SD, 21.0%), respectively.ConclusionsA comprehensive 4-year point-of-care ultrasound curriculum integrated into medical school may successfully equip graduating medical students with a fundamental understanding of ultrasound physics, anatomy, and disease recognition. |
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