Transfer From a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course
- Conditions
- Ultrasonography
- Interventions
- Other: Education
- Registration Number
- NCT02304133
- Lead Sponsor
- Rigshospitalet, Denmark
- Brief Summary
This study explores the effect of a four-hour ultrasound course on physicians' point-of-care ultrasound performance on patients representing acute abdominal surgical conditions.
- Detailed Description
A randomized controlled trial with physicians was conducted. The intervention group participated in a four-hour abdominal POC US course before performing ultrasound on four patients with different abdominal surgical conditions. The control group did not participate in a course before performing ultrasound on the patients.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 64
- Medical Doctor
- Signed up for a courses in abdominal point-of-care ultrasound
- None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Intervention Education participating in a four-hour course in abdominal POC US Control Education no training
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Ultrasound performance 4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances An Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS) scoring form was used to assess ultrasound performance
Diagnostic accuracy 4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances The ultrasound diagnoses were evaluated as "correct," "inconclusive," or "false," and the diagnostic accuracy was calculated by sensitivity and specificity
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method