ArticleInternational journal of emergency medicine2018
Poor return on investment: investigating the barriers that cause low credentialing yields in a resource-limited clinical ultrasound training programme.
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- Point-of-care ultrasound competency of doctors working in Cape Town emergency departments.South African family practice : official journal of the South African Academy of Family Practice/Primary Care · 2025Article
- The utilisation of emergency point-of-care ultrasound in a tertiary hospital emergency department in East London, South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2024Article
- Barriers to Point-of-Care Ultrasound Utilization Among Emergency Medicine Residents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Cureus · 2024Article
- Deep learning to estimate gestational age from fly-to cineloop videos: A novel approach to ultrasound quality control.International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics · 2024Article
- A survey of barriers and facilitators to ultrasound use in low- and middle-income countries.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Current use and perceived barriers of emergency point-of-care ultrasound by African health care practitioners.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2022Article
- Emergency medicine trainees' perceived barriers to training and credentialing in point-of-care ultrasound: A cross-sectional study.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2022Article
- Training in Ultrasound to Determine Gestational Age (TUDA): Evaluation of a Novel Education Package to Teach Ultrasound-Naive Midwives Basic Obstetric Ultrasound in Malawi.Frontiers in global women's health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundClinical ultrasound is commonly used in medical practices worldwide due to the multiple benefits the modality offers clinicians. Rigorous credentialing standards are necessary to safeguard patients against operator errors. The purpose of the study was to establish and analyse the barriers that specifically lead to poor credentialing success within a resource-limited clinical ultrasound training programme.
methodsAn electronic cross-sectional survey was e-mailed to all trainees who attended the introductory clinical ultrasound courses held in Cape Town since its inception in 2009 to 2013. All trainees were followed until they completed their training programme in 2015.
resultsOnly one fifth of trainees (n = 43, 19.7%), who entered the Cape Town training programme, credentialed successfully. Ninety (n = 90, 41.3%) trainees responded to the survey. Eighty-six (n = 86) surveys were included for analysis. Time constraints were the highest ranked barrier amongst all trainees. Access barriers (to trainers and ultrasound machines) were the second highest ranked amongst the non-credentialed group. A combination between access and logistical barriers (e.g. difficulty in finding patients with pathology to scan) were the second highest ranked in the credentialed group.
conclusionsAccess barriers conspire to burden the Cape Town clinical ultrasound training programme. Novel solutions are necessary to overcome these access barriers to improve future credentialing success.
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