Evaluation of an Online Application for Point of Care Ultrasound Training in General Internal Medicine Residents

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Kantonsspital Baden56 enrolled

Overview

This study compares Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training in two hospitals, one that uses an online application for supervision and one that does not use the application. The goal of this trial is to learn if POCUS supervision using the online application is associated with improved POCUS skills in residents in General Internal Medicine (GIM). The main question it aims to answer is: \- Do POCUS skills improve more during 6 months in GIM residents supervised using the application than in GIM residents who do not use the application? Further questions the study aims to answer are: * Do residents using the application perform more POCUS exams during 6 months than residents not using the application? * Are residents using the application more satisfied with their POCUS training than residents not using the application?

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)Ultrasound Exam in Emergency/Medical Care Ultrasound Evaluation

Eligibility

Sex: ALLHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * General Internal Medicine resident employed at one of the study sites for at least 2 months * Probably or definitely interested in achieving POCUS certification (mandatory for the General Internal Medicine specialisation in Switzerland) * Basic ultrasound course completed (Basic course Abdominal ultrasound or Emergency ultrasound) * Will spend at least 3 months within a rotation where POCUS training is offered during the 6 months after baseline assessment Exclusion Criteria: * Definitely or probably not interested in achieving POCUS certification * Has already performed more than 80 supervised and more than 160 total POCUS exams * Will end employment at the study site less than 7 months after baseline assessment

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change from baseline in POCUS skills

POCUS skills will be evaluated on healthy volunteers by video-recorded OSCE

Time frame: Post-test 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) from pre-test

Secondary Outcomes

Number of POCUS exams performed

In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.

Time frame: During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test)

Number of supervised POCUS exams performed

In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.

Time frame: During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test)

Number of directly supervised POCUS exams performed

Direct supervision means that the supervisor is present during the exam. In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.

Time frame: During 6 months after baseline assessment (pre-test)

Change in satisfaction and engagement with POCUS training

Measured with a survey

Time frame: Follow-up assessment 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after baseline assessment

Change in self-assessed POCUS competency

Assessed with a survey. Included since the objective evaluation (primary outcome) will not assess all regions that residents are trained to examine, in order to keep the evaluation feasible.

Time frame: Follow-up assessment 6 months (+/- 2 weeks) after baseline assessment

Evaluation of an Online Application for Point of Care Ultrasound Training in General Internal Medicine Residents

Overview

Conditions

Eligibility

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Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes

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