ArticleBMC medical education2023
FoCUS cardiac ultrasound training for undergraduates based on current national guidelines: a prospective, controlled, single-center study on transferability.
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- Peer teachers as ultrasound instructors? - a systematic literature review of peer teaching concepts in undergraduate ultrasound education.BMC medical education · 2024Pooled it
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- Assessing the Efficacy of POCUS Training in The Republic of Somaliland: A Retrospective Analysis of 500 Scans Conducted by General Practitioners.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2025Article
- Reflecting realities: gauging the pulse of simulator-based training in medical minds-resonance of simulator-based ultrasound training in medical education.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- 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
- Undergraduate musculoskeletal ultrasound training based on current national guidelines-a prospective controlled study on transferability.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Prospective Comparison of Nine Different Handheld Ultrasound (HHUS) Devices by Ultrasound Experts with Regard to B-Scan Quality, Device Handling and Software in Abdominal Sonography.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Development and evaluation of a point-of-care ultrasound curriculum for paramedics in Germany - a prospective observational study and comparison.BMC medical education · 2024Observational
- Development and evaluation of a "simulator-based" ultrasound training program for university teaching in obstetrics and gynecology-the prospective GynSim study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Long-Term Effectiveness and Sustainability of Integrating Peer-Assisted Ultrasound Courses into Medical School-A Prospective Study.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2023Article
- A blended learning approach for teaching thoracic radiology to medical students: a proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in medicine · 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
- The Use of Peer-Assisted Learning in Teaching Clinical Skills in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentReview
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Abstract
introductionIn emergency and critical-care medicine, focused cardiac ultrasound (FoCUS) is indispensable for assessing a patient's cardiac status. The aim of this study was to establish and validate a peer-to-peer-supported ultrasound course for learning FoCUS-specific skills during undergraduate studies at a German university.
methodsA 1-day, 12 teaching units training course was developed for students in the clinical section of medical college, with content based on the current national guidelines. A total of 217 students participated in the study (97 in the course group and 120 in the control group). The course and the participants' subjective assessment of improved skills were evaluated using a questionnaire (7-point Likert scale; 7 = complete agreement and 1 = no agreement at all). Objective learning gains were assessed by tests before and after the course. These consisted of a test of figural intelligence (eight items) and a test of technical knowledge (13 items).
resultsThe course participants experienced significant improvement (P < 0.001) from before to after the course, with a large effect size of η
conclusionThe results of both the objective learning assessment and the subjective evaluations suggest that a FoCUS course originally intended for qualified physicians is equally suitable for students. With the development and provision of modern digital teaching media, even more students will be able to benefit from this approach in the future.
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