Trial reportJournal of medical ultrasonics (2001)2022
Self-learning followed by telepresence instruction of focused cardiac ultrasound with a handheld device for medical students: a preliminary study.
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- Hands-on Distance Simulation of Technical Skills: A Systematic Review.Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare · 2026Pooled it
- Teledidactic Versus Hands-on Teaching of Abdominal, Thoracic, and Thyroid Ultrasound-The TELUS II Study.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- A four year follow-up survey on the teledidactic TELUS ultrasound course: long-term benefits and implications.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Handheld Ultrasound in Medical Education: A Comprehensive Systematic Review and Narrative Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Assessing the Use of Telepresence-Guided Video-Based Head and Neck Ultrasound Training: A Step towards Minimizing Dependence on Human Resources?Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Utility of focused cardiac ultrasonography training in veterinary students to differentiate stages of subclinical myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
purposeThis study aimed to assess the feasibility and efficiency of self-learning with or without self-training (subjects performed scans on themselves) and telepresence instruction in focused cardiac ultrasound (FOCUS) education for medical students.
methodsThis study included 24 medical students. The participants initially completed a written pre-test and were randomized into a video lecture (participants watched a video lecture) or self-training (participants watched a video lecture and self-performed FOCUS) group. After finishing self-learning, they completed a written post-test. Then they undertook a skill pre-test and a first perception survey. Telepresence instruction was then provided. Finally, they undertook a skill post-test and a second perception survey.
resultsThe written post-test total scores were significantly higher than the pre-test total scores (P < 0.001). In the skill pre-test, the scores for the video lecture and self-training groups were not significantly different (P = 0.542). The skill post-test total scores were significantly higher than the skill pre-test total scores (P = 0.008). Forty-two percent of the video lecture group participants agreed that the video lecture was effective preparation for the skill pre-test, while all participants in the same group agreed that the combination of the video lecture and telepresence instruction was effective preparation for the skill post-test.
conclusionThis study demonstrated the feasibility and efficiency of self-learning followed by telepresence instruction on FOCUS for medical students.
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