Orthopaedic residents demonstrate retention of point of care ultrasound knowledge after a brief educational session: a quasi experimental study.
Musculoskeletal ultrasound
Online curriculum
Orthopaedic surgery
Point of care ultrasound
Resident education
Sonography
Journal
BMC medical education
ISSN: 1472-6920
Titre abrégé: BMC Med Educ
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088679
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
30 Dec 2019
30 Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
29
01
2019
accepted:
20
12
2019
entrez:
1
1
2020
pubmed:
1
1
2020
medline:
14
5
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound (MSK POCUS) has many uses for orthopaedic surgeons, but orthopaedic trainees are rarely exposed to this modality. The purpose of this project was to assess the usefulness in clinical education of a newly implemented MSK POCUS course in an orthopaedic surgery program. An MSK POCUS course for orthopaedic surgery residents was developed by an interdisciplinary team. Online videos were created to be viewed by residents prior to a half-day long practical course. An online survey covering the level of training of the resident and their previous use of ultrasound (total hours) was completed by the participants prior to the course. Resident's knowledge acquisition was measured with written pre-course, same-day post-course and six-month follow-up tests. Residents were also scored on a practical shoulder examination immediately after the course and at six-month follow-up. Changes in test scores between time points were evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. Ten orthopaedic surgery residents underwent the MSK POCUS curriculum. Pre-course interest in MSK-POCUS was moderate (65%) and prior exposure was low (1.5 h mean total experience). Written test scores improved significantly from 50.7 ± 17.0% before to 84.0 ± 10.7% immediately after the course (p < 0.001) and suffered no significant drop at 6 months (score 75.0 ± 8.7%; p = 0.303). Average post-course practical exam score was 78.8 ± 3.1% and decreased to 66.2 ± 11.3% at 6 months (p = 0.012). Residents significantly improved their subjective comfort level with all aspects of ultrasound use at 6 months (p = 0.007-0.018) but did not significantly increase clinical usage frequency. An MSK POCUS curriculum was successfully developed and implemented using an interdisciplinary approach. The course succeeded in improving the residents' knowledge, skills, and comfort with MSK POCUS. This improvement was maintained at 6 months on the written test but did not result in higher frequency of use by the residents.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Musculoskeletal point of care ultrasound (MSK POCUS) has many uses for orthopaedic surgeons, but orthopaedic trainees are rarely exposed to this modality. The purpose of this project was to assess the usefulness in clinical education of a newly implemented MSK POCUS course in an orthopaedic surgery program.
METHODS
METHODS
An MSK POCUS course for orthopaedic surgery residents was developed by an interdisciplinary team. Online videos were created to be viewed by residents prior to a half-day long practical course. An online survey covering the level of training of the resident and their previous use of ultrasound (total hours) was completed by the participants prior to the course. Resident's knowledge acquisition was measured with written pre-course, same-day post-course and six-month follow-up tests. Residents were also scored on a practical shoulder examination immediately after the course and at six-month follow-up. Changes in test scores between time points were evaluated using Wilcoxon signed-rank tests.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Ten orthopaedic surgery residents underwent the MSK POCUS curriculum. Pre-course interest in MSK-POCUS was moderate (65%) and prior exposure was low (1.5 h mean total experience). Written test scores improved significantly from 50.7 ± 17.0% before to 84.0 ± 10.7% immediately after the course (p < 0.001) and suffered no significant drop at 6 months (score 75.0 ± 8.7%; p = 0.303). Average post-course practical exam score was 78.8 ± 3.1% and decreased to 66.2 ± 11.3% at 6 months (p = 0.012). Residents significantly improved their subjective comfort level with all aspects of ultrasound use at 6 months (p = 0.007-0.018) but did not significantly increase clinical usage frequency.
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
An MSK POCUS curriculum was successfully developed and implemented using an interdisciplinary approach. The course succeeded in improving the residents' knowledge, skills, and comfort with MSK POCUS. This improvement was maintained at 6 months on the written test but did not result in higher frequency of use by the residents.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31888601
doi: 10.1186/s12909-019-1916-0
pii: 10.1186/s12909-019-1916-0
pmc: PMC6937626
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
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