ArticleAustralasian journal of ultrasound in medicine2017
Evaluation of a pilot programme on diagnostic thoracic ultrasound curriculum for acute care physiotherapists.
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- The educational pathway to Advanced Practice for the physiotherapist: A systematic mixed studies review.PloS one · 2025Pooled it
- Scoping Review of Curricula and Pedagogical Approaches for Physiotherapist Performed Point of Care Ultrasonography.Physiotherapy Canada. Physiotherapie Canada · 2023Article
- Evaluating a Muscle Ultrasound Education Program: Theoretical Knowledge, Hands-on Skills, Reliability, and Satisfaction of Critical Care Physiotherapists.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2021Article
- 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
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Abstract
introduction/purposeDiagnostic thoracic ultrasound is increasingly being used by non-physicians; hence, we evaluated a curriculum for acute care physiotherapists in critical care.
methodsThe one-day course included didactic lectures combined with expert-led hands-on training. Participants undertook pre- and post-course knowledge questionnaire covering key ultrasound findings for normal lungs, pleural and pulmonary pathologies. Course participants who worked at the institution where the course was undertaken undertook a practical examination. We also did a 4- to 6-week follow-up survey of participants. The pretest and post-test questionnaire and survey results were reported using descriptive statistics (means SD or median and IQR).
resultsA total of 12 acute care physiotherapists undertook the training and questionnaire scores (mean percentage, SD, 95% CI) increased from 73.3 ± 15.5% (63.4-83.2) before the training to 86.3 ± 5.5% (82.8-89.8) after training. DISCUSSION: This diagnostic thoracic ultrasound training course resulted in improvements of diagnostic thoracic ultrasound knowledge including lung and pleural pathology image recognition skills in a small group of acute care physiotherapists with nil previous diagnostic thoracic ultrasound skills. Two-thirds of the participants who responded to the survey undertook only one to three scans in clinical practice, and the most frequent barrier to clinical use of diagnostic thoracic ultrasound was time constraints.
conclusionFurther investigation of such a diagnostic thoracic ultrasound training programme on knowledge and skills retention and image acquisition and interpretation in real life clinical practice in a larger group of acute care physiotherapists is warranted.
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