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ArticleBMC medical education2023

The efficacy of an anatomy and ultrasonography workshop on improving residents' confidence and knowledge in regional anesthesia.

Derek J Harmon, Christy K Boscardin, Neal H Cohen, Matthias R Braehler

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Derek J HarmonDivision of Anatomy, Department of Biomedical Education and Anatomy, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, 320 W 10th Ave. B104 Starling Loving Hall, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA. derek.harmon@osumc.edu.
Christy K BoscardinDepartment of Medicine and Anesthesia, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Neal H CohenDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Matthias R BraehlerDepartment of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

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Abstract

backgroundUltrasound Guided Regional Anesthesia (UGRA) has become the standard for regional anesthesia practice, but there is not a standardized educational approach for training residents. The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of an UGRA workshop utilizing the theoretical framework of embodied cognition for anesthesiology residents.

methodsA workshop was developed consisting of didactics, scanning training on standardized patients (SPs) and anatomy reviews on prosected cadavers that focused on the most common UGRA procedures for the upper and lower extremity. At the beginning of the workshop and at the end of the workshop residents completed pre-test and pre-confidence surveys, as well as post-test and post-confidence surveys, respectively to assess the impact of the workshop.

results39 residents (100% of the possible residents) participated in the workshop in 2019. Residents' confidence in identifying relevant anatomy for the most common UGRA procedures significantly increased in 13 of the 14 measurements. Residents' knowledge gain was also statistically significant from the pre-test to post-test (20.13 ± 3.61 and 26.13 ± 2.34; p < .0001). The residents found the course overall to be very useful (4.90 ± 0.38) and in particular the cadaveric component was highly rated (4.74 ± 0.55).

conclusionsIn this study, we developed a workshop guided by the embodied cognition framework to aid in shortening the overall learning curve of UGRA for anesthesiology residents. Based on our results this workshop should be replicated by institutions that are hoping to decrease the learning curve associated with UGRA and increase residents' confidence in identifying the relevant anatomy in UGRA nerve blocks.

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Anesthesia, ConductionCognitionEducational StatusHumansUltrasonicsUltrasonographyAnatomyAnesthesiologyGraduate medical educationMedical educationRegional anesthesiaResidencyUltrasoundUltrasound guided regional anesthesia

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