Core Content for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Fellowship Training: A Modified Delphi Consensus Study.


Journal

AEM education and training
ISSN: 2472-5390
Titre abrégé: AEM Educ Train
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101722142

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Apr 2020
Historique:
received: 04 04 2019
revised: 15 05 2019
accepted: 20 05 2019
entrez: 22 4 2020
pubmed: 22 4 2020
medline: 22 4 2020
Statut: epublish

Résumé

Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) fellowships exist to provide learners with expertise in ultrasound (US) education, administration, and research oversight. Currently, there are no standardized goals or objectives for these programs, resulting in considerable variability in PEM POCUS fellowship training. A modified Delphi survey of PEM and general emergency medicine (EM) POCUS experts in Canada and the United States was conducted to obtain consensus regarding the most important curricular components of a PEM POCUS fellowship training program. Participants were solicited from the P2 Network mailing list and from PEM and EM POCUS fellowship directors listed on the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships and the Canadian Society of POCUS-EM Fellowships websites. Curricular components considered as part of the survey included US skills, educational skills, administrative skills, and research requirements. Consensus was considered to have been reached when ≥80% of respondents agreed to either include or exclude the component in fellowship training. Round 1 of the survey was sent to 311 participants. A total of 118 (37.9%) completed eligibility for the survey, and 92 (78.0%) met eligibility criteria. Of those, 80 (67.8% of eligible participants) completed the first round of the survey. Round 2 of the survey was sent to those who completed part 1, and 64 (80.0%) completed that round. During Round 1, consensus was achieved for 15 of 75 US applications, seven of seven educational skills, nine of 11 administrative skills, and four of six research requirements. In Round 2 of the survey, consensus was reached on two additional US skills, but no additional administrative skills or research requirements. With a consensus-building process, the core content for PEM POCUS fellowship training was defined. This can help POCUS educators formulate standardized curricula to create consistent training in POCUS fellowship graduates.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) fellowships exist to provide learners with expertise in ultrasound (US) education, administration, and research oversight. Currently, there are no standardized goals or objectives for these programs, resulting in considerable variability in PEM POCUS fellowship training.
METHODS METHODS
A modified Delphi survey of PEM and general emergency medicine (EM) POCUS experts in Canada and the United States was conducted to obtain consensus regarding the most important curricular components of a PEM POCUS fellowship training program. Participants were solicited from the P2 Network mailing list and from PEM and EM POCUS fellowship directors listed on the Society of Clinical Ultrasound Fellowships and the Canadian Society of POCUS-EM Fellowships websites. Curricular components considered as part of the survey included US skills, educational skills, administrative skills, and research requirements. Consensus was considered to have been reached when ≥80% of respondents agreed to either include or exclude the component in fellowship training.
RESULTS RESULTS
Round 1 of the survey was sent to 311 participants. A total of 118 (37.9%) completed eligibility for the survey, and 92 (78.0%) met eligibility criteria. Of those, 80 (67.8% of eligible participants) completed the first round of the survey. Round 2 of the survey was sent to those who completed part 1, and 64 (80.0%) completed that round. During Round 1, consensus was achieved for 15 of 75 US applications, seven of seven educational skills, nine of 11 administrative skills, and four of six research requirements. In Round 2 of the survey, consensus was reached on two additional US skills, but no additional administrative skills or research requirements.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
With a consensus-building process, the core content for PEM POCUS fellowship training was defined. This can help POCUS educators formulate standardized curricula to create consistent training in POCUS fellowship graduates.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32313859
doi: 10.1002/aet2.10365
pii: AET210365
pmc: PMC7163196
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

130-138

Informations de copyright

© 2019 by the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine.

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Auteurs

Erika Constantine (E)

Alpert Medical School of Brown University Providence RI.

Marla Levine (M)

University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas Austin TX.

Alyssa Abo (A)

George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Washington DC.

Alex Arroyo (A)

Department of Emergency Medicine Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn NY.

Lorraine Ng (L)

Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons New York NY.

Charisse Kwan (C)

Department of Pediatrics University of Toronto Toronto Ontario Canada.

Janette Baird (J)

Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University and Injury Prevention Center Providence RI.

Allan E Shefrin (AE)

University of Ottawa Ottawa Ontario Canada.

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