Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students
Introduction: Due to the expanding role of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in modern medicine, medical schools rapidly include ultrasound training in their curriculum. The objective of this study was to compare simulator-based training along with classical teaching, using human models, to impart foc...
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| author | Conrad Hempel Edwin Turton Elham Hasheminejad Carmine Bevilacqua Gunther Hempel Jörg Ender Daisy Rotzoll |
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| description | Introduction: Due to the expanding role of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in modern medicine, medical schools rapidly include ultrasound training in their curriculum. The objective of this study was to compare simulator-based training along with classical teaching, using human models, to impart focused transthoracic echocardiography examination. Subject and Methods: A total of 22 medical students, with no former transthoracic echocardiography training, undertook a 90-min e-learning module, dealing with focused echocardiography and important echocardiographic pathologies. Subsequently, they had to complete a multiple-choice-questioner, followed by a 120-min practical training session either on the Heartworks™, (Cardiff, UK) and the CAE Vimedix®, (Québec, Canada) simulator (n = 10) or on a live human model (n = 12). Finally, both groups had to complete a post-test consisting of ten video-based multiple-choice-questions and a time-based, focused echocardiography examination on another human model. Two blinded expert observers scored each acquired loop which recorded 2 s of each standard view. Statistical analysis was performed with SPPS 24 (SPSS™ 24, IBM, USA) using the Mann-Whitney-Test to compare both groups. Results: Analysis of measurable outcome skills showed no significant difference between transthoracic echocardiography training on human models and high-fidelity simulators for undergraduate medical students. Conclusions: Both teaching methods are effective and lead to the intended level of knowledge and skills. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2c56704a49f14541867ed0d0439861232022-12-22T01:43:16ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsAnnals of Cardiac Anaesthesia0971-97842020-01-0123329329710.4103/aca.ACA_51_19Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical studentsConrad HempelEdwin TurtonElham HasheminejadCarmine BevilacquaGunther HempelJörg EnderDaisy RotzollIntroduction: Due to the expanding role of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in modern medicine, medical schools rapidly include ultrasound training in their curriculum. The objective of this study was to compare simulator-based training along with classical teaching, using human models, to impart focused transthoracic echocardiography examination. Subject and Methods: A total of 22 medical students, with no former transthoracic echocardiography training, undertook a 90-min e-learning module, dealing with focused echocardiography and important echocardiographic pathologies. Subsequently, they had to complete a multiple-choice-questioner, followed by a 120-min practical training session either on the Heartworks™, (Cardiff, UK) and the CAE Vimedix®, (Québec, Canada) simulator (n = 10) or on a live human model (n = 12). Finally, both groups had to complete a post-test consisting of ten video-based multiple-choice-questions and a time-based, focused echocardiography examination on another human model. Two blinded expert observers scored each acquired loop which recorded 2 s of each standard view. Statistical analysis was performed with SPPS 24 (SPSS™ 24, IBM, USA) using the Mann-Whitney-Test to compare both groups. Results: Analysis of measurable outcome skills showed no significant difference between transthoracic echocardiography training on human models and high-fidelity simulators for undergraduate medical students. Conclusions: Both teaching methods are effective and lead to the intended level of knowledge and skills.http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2020;volume=23;issue=3;spage=293;epage=297;aulast=Hempelechocardiographyhigh-fidelity simulatormedical studentssimulator-based training |
| spellingShingle | Conrad Hempel Edwin Turton Elham Hasheminejad Carmine Bevilacqua Gunther Hempel Jörg Ender Daisy Rotzoll Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia echocardiography high-fidelity simulator medical students simulator-based training |
| title | Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| title_full | Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| title_fullStr | Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| title_short | Impact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| title_sort | impact of simulator based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students |
| topic | echocardiography high-fidelity simulator medical students simulator-based training |
| url | http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2020;volume=23;issue=3;spage=293;epage=297;aulast=Hempel |
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