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Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize
Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a portable and accessible tool that has immense potential in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) for diagnostic accuracy and medical education. We implemented a hybrid in-person and virtual training curriculum to teach providers in Belize the basic techniques...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10649964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1268905 |
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author | Mulye, Anita Bhasin, Ajay Borger, Bonita Fant, Colleen |
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description | Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a portable and accessible tool that has immense potential in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) for diagnostic accuracy and medical education. We implemented a hybrid in-person and virtual training curriculum to teach providers in Belize the basic techniques of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumonia. Between August 2021 and June 2022, a total of eleven lung scans were performed at Hillside Clinic for patients presenting with respiratory complaints. Deidentified images were shared via the ButterflyIQ web platform to POCUS experts in the United States. We found that training was solidified through virtual, immediate feedback using the common interfaces Butterfly iQ + and WhatsApp to share images and guide diagnostic reasoning. The aim of this review study is to share our experience and challenges in the implementation of a POCUS training curriculum in an LMIC, provide an example of training methodology that can be effective, and discuss how this can be implemented and modified for clinicians in similar settings. |
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spelling | pubmed-106499642023-11-01 Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize Mulye, Anita Bhasin, Ajay Borger, Bonita Fant, Colleen Front Digit Health Digital Health Point of care ultrasound (POCUS) is a portable and accessible tool that has immense potential in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) for diagnostic accuracy and medical education. We implemented a hybrid in-person and virtual training curriculum to teach providers in Belize the basic techniques of lung ultrasound in the diagnosis of pneumonia. Between August 2021 and June 2022, a total of eleven lung scans were performed at Hillside Clinic for patients presenting with respiratory complaints. Deidentified images were shared via the ButterflyIQ web platform to POCUS experts in the United States. We found that training was solidified through virtual, immediate feedback using the common interfaces Butterfly iQ + and WhatsApp to share images and guide diagnostic reasoning. The aim of this review study is to share our experience and challenges in the implementation of a POCUS training curriculum in an LMIC, provide an example of training methodology that can be effective, and discuss how this can be implemented and modified for clinicians in similar settings. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-11-01 /pmc/articles/PMC10649964/ /pubmed/38026838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1268905 Text en © 2023 Mulye, Bhasin, Borger and Fant. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Digital Health Mulye, Anita Bhasin, Ajay Borger, Bonita Fant, Colleen Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title | Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title_full | Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title_fullStr | Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title_full_unstemmed | Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title_short | Virtual immediate feedback with POCUS in Belize |
title_sort | virtual immediate feedback with pocus in belize |
topic | Digital Health |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10649964/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38026838 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2023.1268905 |
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