Trial reportBMC medical education2019
Outcomes of three different ways to train medical students as ultrasound tutors.
Trial report in BMC medical education, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Peer teachers as ultrasound instructors? - a systematic literature review of peer teaching concepts in undergraduate ultrasound education.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
- Trends Versus Transformative Tools Within Anatomy Education: The Case for Ultrasound.Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology · 2026Review
- Quality assessment of a training program for undergraduate sonography peer tutors: paving the future way for peer-assisted learning in medical ultrasound education.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- Two-week intensive medical student point-of-care ultrasound training impact on long term utilization.BMC medical education · 2024Article
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- Empowering the future: improving community wellbeing and health literacy through outreach and service-learning.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- FoCUS cardiac ultrasound training for undergraduates based on current national guidelines: a prospective, controlled, single-center study on transferability.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Ultrasonography in undergraduate medical education: a comprehensive review and the education program implemented at Jichi Medical University.Journal of medical ultrasonics (2001) · 2022Review
- Ultrasound Curricula of Student Education in Europe: Summary of the Experience.Ultrasound international open · 2020Article
- Three different ways of training ultrasound student-tutors yield significant gains in tutee's scanning-skills.GMS journal for medical education · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn order to provide faculty-wide undergraduate ultrasound training in times of scarce resources, many medical faculties employ trained peer-student tutors to oversee the hands-on training. However, data to guide the training of ultrasound peer-student tutors are scarce. We conducted a prospective quasi-randomized study to assess the gain in theoretical knowledge and practical scanning skills of peer-student tutors who were trained with a course only, an internship only, or the combination of a course and an internship.
methodsA total of 44 peer-student tutors were trained by a one-week course only (C-Group, n = 21), by an internship only (I-Group, n = 10) or by a course and an internship (CI-Group, n = 13). Prior to and after the completion of the training the peer-student tutors completed an MC-test (theoretical knowledge) and an OSCE (practical scanning skills).
resultsWith all three education concepts, the peer-student tutors had significant and comparable gains in theoretical knowledge (C-group + 90%, I-group + 61.5%, CI-group + 114.0%) and practical scanning skills (C-group + 112.0%, I-group + 155.0% and CI-group + 123.5%), all p < 0.001.
conclusionPeer-student tutors, who were trained with a course or an internship or a course and internship improved their theoretical knowledge and their practical scanning skills significantly and to a comparable degree.
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