ArticleCritical care research and practice2015
Impact of a 2-Day Critical Care Ultrasound Course during Fellowship Training: A Pilot Study.
Article in Critical care research and practice, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03728491 (Training Thoracic Ultrasound Skills), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Training Thoracic Ultrasound Skills: a Multicentre, Blinded, Randomized Controlled Trial of Simulation-based Training Versus Training on Healthy Figurants
Who cites it
19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Abdominal POCUS Education for Clinicians: A Systematic Review of Teaching Methods for Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography.Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCUPooled it
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- Lung ultrasound in respiratory therapy: a global reflective survey.Multidisciplinary respiratory medicine · 2024Article
- Evaluation of point-of-care ultrasound training among healthcare providers: a pilot study.The ultrasound journal · 2024Article
- Role of 2-day critical ultrasound training curriculum in guiding clinical activities in China.American journal of translational research · 2024Article
- Feasibility and impact of a bespoke pre-hospital point of care ultrasound teaching and training programme at London's air ambulance service.Ultrasound (Leeds, England) · 2023Article
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- "Playing it SAFE in the NICU" SAFE-R: a targeted diagnostic ultrasound protocol for the suddenly decompensating infant in the NICU.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Review
- Life after a point-of-care ultrasound course: setting up the right conditions!The ultrasound journal · 2020Article
- Physicians' abilities to obtain and interpret focused cardiac ultrasound images from critically ill patients after a 2-day training course.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2020Article
- Lung ultrasound training: a systematic review of published literature in clinical lung ultrasound training.Critical ultrasound journal · 2018Review
- Impact of an intensive education programme of diagnostic lung and lower limb ultrasound on physiotherapist knowledge: A pilot study.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2018Article
- Evaluation of a pilot programme on diagnostic thoracic ultrasound curriculum for acute care physiotherapists.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2017Article
- Ultrasonography for endotracheal tube position in infants and children.European journal of pediatrics · 2017Review
- The state of point-of-care ultrasonography use and training in neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatric critical care medicine fellowship programs.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2016Article
- Thoracic ultrasound: An adjunctive and valuable imaging tool in emergency, resource-limited settings and for a sustainable monitoring of patients.World journal of radiology · 2016Review
- Providing Transthoracic Echocardiography Training for Intensive Care Unit Trainees: An Educational Improvement Initiative.Journal of surgical educationArticle
- Simulation in critical care.Annals of cardiac anaesthesiaArticle
- The ultrasound use of simulators, current view, and perspectives: Requirements and technical aspects (WFUMB state of the art paper).Endoscopic ultrasoundReview
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8 authors.
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Abstract
Objectives. Despite the increasing utilization of point-of-care critical care ultrasonography (CCUS), standards establishing competency for its use are lacking. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 2-day CCUS course implementation on ultrasound-naïve critical care medicine (CCM) fellows. Methods. Prospective evaluation of the impact of a two-day CCUS course on eight CCM fellows' attitudes, proficiency, and use of CCUS. Ultrasound competency on multiple organ systems was assessed including abdominal, pulmonary, vascular, and cardiac systems. Subjects served as self-controls and were assessed just prior to, within 1 week after, and 3 months after the course. Results. There was a significant improvement in CCM fellows' written test scores, image acquisition ability, and pathologic image interpretation 1 week after the course and it was retained 3 months after the course. Fellows also had self-reported increased confidence and usage of CCUS applications after the course. Conclusions. Implementation of a 2-day critical care ultrasound course covering general CCUS and basic critical care echocardiography using a combination of didactics, live models, and ultrasound simulators is effective in improving critical care fellows' proficiency and confidence with ultrasound use in both the short- and long-term settings.
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