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Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the competency of medical sonographer students who have completed training to estimate the gestational age (GA) and perform fetal biometric measurements compared to obstetricians. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional observational study at the end of the medical sonographe...

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Autores principales: Hairunpijit, Surapa, Siripongsakun, Surachate, Chotipanich, Chanisa, Hiranrat, Pantajaree, Narkwichean, Amarin, Laosooksathit, Wipada
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Publicado: Hindawi 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9633199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2625242
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author Hairunpijit, Surapa
Siripongsakun, Surachate
Chotipanich, Chanisa
Hiranrat, Pantajaree
Narkwichean, Amarin
Laosooksathit, Wipada
author_facet Hairunpijit, Surapa
Siripongsakun, Surachate
Chotipanich, Chanisa
Hiranrat, Pantajaree
Narkwichean, Amarin
Laosooksathit, Wipada
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description OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the competency of medical sonographer students who have completed training to estimate the gestational age (GA) and perform fetal biometric measurements compared to obstetricians. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional observational study at the end of the medical sonographer students' practice sessions. In total, 80 midtrimester (18–28 weeks) pregnant women were recruited, and an ultrasound was performed according to the International Society of Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) guideline. Estimated GA calculated from fetal biometric measurements was compared between medical sonographer students and qualified obstetricians. Subsequently, images were randomly evaluated by maternal-fetal medicine specialists to assess the measurement performance. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the estimated GA between the medical sonographer students and obstetricians (mean difference, 0.01 ± 2.92 day, p = 0.89). However, there was a significant difference in the measurement of the head circumference (HC) and abdominal circumference (AC) (p < 0.001). The overall image quality of the fetal head, abdomen, and femur was considered a good to excellent score (77.5%–80%). There was a perfect and nearly perfect agreement regarding the presence of the placenta previa, adequacy of amniotic fluid, and position of the placenta (k = 0.9–1.0). CONCLUSIONS: The medical sonographer students demonstrated competency in GA estimation by fetal biometry measurement similar to obstetricians. However, the quality of the acquired images, according to the ISUOG recommendation, needs improvement, and this should be emphasized in the sonography course curriculum. The results suggest that medical sonographers can relieve obstetricians' workload for ultrasound screening in midtrimester pregnancies.
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spelling pubmed-96331992022-11-04 Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography Hairunpijit, Surapa Siripongsakun, Surachate Chotipanich, Chanisa Hiranrat, Pantajaree Narkwichean, Amarin Laosooksathit, Wipada Obstet Gynecol Int Research Article OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the competency of medical sonographer students who have completed training to estimate the gestational age (GA) and perform fetal biometric measurements compared to obstetricians. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional observational study at the end of the medical sonographer students' practice sessions. In total, 80 midtrimester (18–28 weeks) pregnant women were recruited, and an ultrasound was performed according to the International Society of Sonography in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG) guideline. Estimated GA calculated from fetal biometric measurements was compared between medical sonographer students and qualified obstetricians. Subsequently, images were randomly evaluated by maternal-fetal medicine specialists to assess the measurement performance. RESULTS: There was no significant difference in the estimated GA between the medical sonographer students and obstetricians (mean difference, 0.01 ± 2.92 day, p = 0.89). However, there was a significant difference in the measurement of the head circumference (HC) and abdominal circumference (AC) (p < 0.001). The overall image quality of the fetal head, abdomen, and femur was considered a good to excellent score (77.5%–80%). There was a perfect and nearly perfect agreement regarding the presence of the placenta previa, adequacy of amniotic fluid, and position of the placenta (k = 0.9–1.0). CONCLUSIONS: The medical sonographer students demonstrated competency in GA estimation by fetal biometry measurement similar to obstetricians. However, the quality of the acquired images, according to the ISUOG recommendation, needs improvement, and this should be emphasized in the sonography course curriculum. The results suggest that medical sonographers can relieve obstetricians' workload for ultrasound screening in midtrimester pregnancies. Hindawi 2022-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9633199/ /pubmed/36339017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2625242 Text en Copyright © 2022 Surapa Hairunpijit et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Hairunpijit, Surapa
Siripongsakun, Surachate
Chotipanich, Chanisa
Hiranrat, Pantajaree
Narkwichean, Amarin
Laosooksathit, Wipada
Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography
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title_full Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography
title_fullStr Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography
title_full_unstemmed Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography
title_short Student Competency for Midtrimester Obstetrics Scan upon Completion of the Master's Degree in Medical Sonography
title_sort student competency for midtrimester obstetrics scan upon completion of the master's degree in medical sonography
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9633199/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36339017
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/2625242
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