ArticleJournal of ultrasound2024
Self-learning of cardiac ultrasound by medical students: can augmented online training improve and maintain manual POCUS skills over time?
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- Self-Directed Learning in Health Professions Education: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Perspectives on medical education · 2026Pooled it
- Augmedicine: Ultrasound: Training in ultrasound using XR - a randomized controlled trial.BMC medical education · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of a multi-model teaching strategy to train emergency medicine residents to use point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for assessment of shock.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Effectiveness of traditional, artificial intelligence-assisted, and virtual reality training modalities for focused cardiac ultrasound skill acquisition: a randomised controlled study.The ultrasound journal · 2025Article
- Development and Face and Content Validation of Augmedicine: Ultrasound-An Extended Reality Application for Ultrasound Training.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2025Article
- Development of a Cadaveric Breast Ultrasound Module and Analysis of Its Effectiveness Among Medical Students.Medical science educator · 2025Article
- Cardiac Ultrasound Training for Medical Students Utilizing Drawing and Ward-Based Instruction.MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources · 2025Article
- Principles for Developing a Large-Scale Point-of-Care Ultrasound Education Program: Insights from a Tertiary University Medical Center in Israel.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of cardiac point of care ultra-sound is rapidly growing and so is the demand for quality POCUS teaching. POCUS teaching is usually conducted in small groups requiring much space and equipment. This study attempts to test whether providing access to an E-learning module as an adjunct to a cardiac POCUS course can increase students' image acquisition skills. This will show POCUS teaching can improve significantly without having to invest a significant amount of resources.
methodsMedical students (N = 125) were divided into two groups and had undergone a hands-on Cardiac POCUS course before their internal clerkship. During the clerkship, members of both groups got to practice their POCUS skills in the internal wards. One group was provided with accounts to a cardiac POCUS teaching E-learning platform (eMedical Academy
resultsThe E-learning group performed significantly better than the course-only group in the 6-min exam total score, and at acquiring the following views: parasternal long axis view, apical four-chamber view, and the inferior vena cava view.
conclusionE-learning platforms can be an efficient tool for improving cardiac POCUS teaching and maintaining POCUS skills. Using it as a supplement to a hands-on course provides better POCUS skills without the need of extra hands-on teaching.
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