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Transforming Learning Anatomy: Basics of Ultrasound Lecture and Abdominal Ultrasound Anatomy Hands-on Session

INTRODUCTION: As point-of-care ultrasound units become more compact and portable, clinicians in over 20 different medical and surgical specialties have begun using the technology in diverse clinical applications. However, a knowledge gap still exists between what medical students are learning in the...

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Autores principales: Blackstock, Uche, Carmody, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of American Medical Colleges 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6464447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008224
http://dx.doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10446
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description INTRODUCTION: As point-of-care ultrasound units become more compact and portable, clinicians in over 20 different medical and surgical specialties have begun using the technology in diverse clinical applications. However, a knowledge gap still exists between what medical students are learning in their undergraduate medical education curriculum and the clinical skills required for practice. Over the last 10 years, point-of-care ultrasound content has been slowly incorporated into undergraduate medical education, yet only a handful of medical schools have developed ultrasound curricula. This module was developed at our institution in response to survey feedback from medical students overwhelmingly requesting preclerkship ultrasound education. The target audience for this module is first-year medical students with no prior ultrasound exposure. METHODS: The module consists of a 1-hour introductory lecture and a 1-hour hands-on session during the abdominal anatomy course. Associated materials include the introductory lecture, presenter notes for the introductory lecture, instructor guidelines for the hands-on session, hands-on session setup instructions, a student handout for the hands-on session, and a module evaluation form. RESULTS: We have successfully implemented this module for the past 3-years and learner feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Learner comments on a postmodule survey included, “Great job of explaining the science behind ultrasounds as well as how to interpret the images.” DISCUSSION: As a result of our first-year students’ evaluation responses, this module has been incorporated into our medical school's anatomy course.
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spelling pubmed-64644472019-04-19 Transforming Learning Anatomy: Basics of Ultrasound Lecture and Abdominal Ultrasound Anatomy Hands-on Session Blackstock, Uche Carmody, Kristin MedEdPORTAL Original Publication INTRODUCTION: As point-of-care ultrasound units become more compact and portable, clinicians in over 20 different medical and surgical specialties have begun using the technology in diverse clinical applications. However, a knowledge gap still exists between what medical students are learning in their undergraduate medical education curriculum and the clinical skills required for practice. Over the last 10 years, point-of-care ultrasound content has been slowly incorporated into undergraduate medical education, yet only a handful of medical schools have developed ultrasound curricula. This module was developed at our institution in response to survey feedback from medical students overwhelmingly requesting preclerkship ultrasound education. The target audience for this module is first-year medical students with no prior ultrasound exposure. METHODS: The module consists of a 1-hour introductory lecture and a 1-hour hands-on session during the abdominal anatomy course. Associated materials include the introductory lecture, presenter notes for the introductory lecture, instructor guidelines for the hands-on session, hands-on session setup instructions, a student handout for the hands-on session, and a module evaluation form. RESULTS: We have successfully implemented this module for the past 3-years and learner feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Learner comments on a postmodule survey included, “Great job of explaining the science behind ultrasounds as well as how to interpret the images.” DISCUSSION: As a result of our first-year students’ evaluation responses, this module has been incorporated into our medical school's anatomy course. Association of American Medical Colleges 2016-08-26 /pmc/articles/PMC6464447/ /pubmed/31008224 http://dx.doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10446 Text en Copyright © 2016 Blackstock and Carmody. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode This is an open-access publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/legalcode) license.
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