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Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions

In Germany, progress assessments in head and neck ultrasonography training have been carried out mainly theoretically and lack standardisation. Thus, quality assurance and comparisons between certified courses from various course providers are difficult. This study aimed to develop and integrate a d...

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Autores principales: Weimer, Johannes Matthias, Rink, Maximilian, Müller, Lukas, Dirks, Klaus, Ille, Carlotta, Bozzato, Alessandro, Sproll, Christoph, Weimer, Andreas Michael, Neubert, Christian, Buggenhagen, Holger, Ernst, Benjamin Philipp, Symeou, Luisa, Lorenz, Liv Annebritt, Hollinderbäumer, Anke, Künzel, Julian
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832149
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040661
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author Weimer, Johannes Matthias
Rink, Maximilian
Müller, Lukas
Dirks, Klaus
Ille, Carlotta
Bozzato, Alessandro
Sproll, Christoph
Weimer, Andreas Michael
Neubert, Christian
Buggenhagen, Holger
Ernst, Benjamin Philipp
Symeou, Luisa
Lorenz, Liv Annebritt
Hollinderbäumer, Anke
Künzel, Julian
author_facet Weimer, Johannes Matthias
Rink, Maximilian
Müller, Lukas
Dirks, Klaus
Ille, Carlotta
Bozzato, Alessandro
Sproll, Christoph
Weimer, Andreas Michael
Neubert, Christian
Buggenhagen, Holger
Ernst, Benjamin Philipp
Symeou, Luisa
Lorenz, Liv Annebritt
Hollinderbäumer, Anke
Künzel, Julian
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description In Germany, progress assessments in head and neck ultrasonography training have been carried out mainly theoretically and lack standardisation. Thus, quality assurance and comparisons between certified courses from various course providers are difficult. This study aimed to develop and integrate a direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) in head and neck ultrasound education and explore the perceptions of both participants and examiners. Five DOPS tests oriented towards assessing basic skills were developed for certified head and neck ultrasound courses on national standards. DOPS tests were completed by 76 participants from basic and advanced ultrasound courses (n = 168 documented DOPS tests) and evaluated using a 7-point Likert scale. Ten examiners performed and evaluated the DOPS after detailed training. The variables of “general aspects” (6.0 Scale Points (SP) vs. 5.9 SP; p = 0.71), “test atmosphere” (6.3 SP vs. 6.4 SP; p = 0.92), and “test task setting” (6.2 SP vs. 5.9 SP; p = 0.12) were positively evaluated by all participants and examiners. There were no significant differences between a basic and advanced course in relation to the overall results of DOPS tests (p = 0.81). Regardless of the courses, there were significant differences in the total number of points achieved between individual DOPS tests. DOPS tests are accepted by participants and examiners as an assessment tool in head and neck ultrasound education. In view of the trend toward “competence-based” teaching, this type of test format should be applied and validated in the future.
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spelling pubmed-99549782023-02-25 Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions Weimer, Johannes Matthias Rink, Maximilian Müller, Lukas Dirks, Klaus Ille, Carlotta Bozzato, Alessandro Sproll, Christoph Weimer, Andreas Michael Neubert, Christian Buggenhagen, Holger Ernst, Benjamin Philipp Symeou, Luisa Lorenz, Liv Annebritt Hollinderbäumer, Anke Künzel, Julian Diagnostics (Basel) Article In Germany, progress assessments in head and neck ultrasonography training have been carried out mainly theoretically and lack standardisation. Thus, quality assurance and comparisons between certified courses from various course providers are difficult. This study aimed to develop and integrate a direct observation of procedural skills (DOPS) in head and neck ultrasound education and explore the perceptions of both participants and examiners. Five DOPS tests oriented towards assessing basic skills were developed for certified head and neck ultrasound courses on national standards. DOPS tests were completed by 76 participants from basic and advanced ultrasound courses (n = 168 documented DOPS tests) and evaluated using a 7-point Likert scale. Ten examiners performed and evaluated the DOPS after detailed training. The variables of “general aspects” (6.0 Scale Points (SP) vs. 5.9 SP; p = 0.71), “test atmosphere” (6.3 SP vs. 6.4 SP; p = 0.92), and “test task setting” (6.2 SP vs. 5.9 SP; p = 0.12) were positively evaluated by all participants and examiners. There were no significant differences between a basic and advanced course in relation to the overall results of DOPS tests (p = 0.81). Regardless of the courses, there were significant differences in the total number of points achieved between individual DOPS tests. DOPS tests are accepted by participants and examiners as an assessment tool in head and neck ultrasound education. In view of the trend toward “competence-based” teaching, this type of test format should be applied and validated in the future. MDPI 2023-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9954978/ /pubmed/36832149 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040661 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Weimer, Johannes Matthias
Rink, Maximilian
Müller, Lukas
Dirks, Klaus
Ille, Carlotta
Bozzato, Alessandro
Sproll, Christoph
Weimer, Andreas Michael
Neubert, Christian
Buggenhagen, Holger
Ernst, Benjamin Philipp
Symeou, Luisa
Lorenz, Liv Annebritt
Hollinderbäumer, Anke
Künzel, Julian
Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions
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title_full Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions
title_fullStr Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions
title_full_unstemmed Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions
title_short Development and Integration of DOPS as Formative Tests in Head and Neck Ultrasound Education: Proof of Concept Study for Exploration of Perceptions
title_sort development and integration of dops as formative tests in head and neck ultrasound education: proof of concept study for exploration of perceptions
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9954978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36832149
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics13040661
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