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.
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.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
64
Ultrasound performance
An Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS) scoring form was used to assess ultrasound performance
Time frame: 4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances
Diagnostic accuracy
The ultrasound diagnoses were evaluated as "correct," "inconclusive," or "false," and the diagnostic accuracy was calculated by sensitivity and specificity
Time frame: 4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances
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