Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Image quality to estimate ventricular ejection fraction by last year medical students improves after short courses of training |
| Authors: |
Tobias Hüppe, Heinrich Volker Groesdonk, Thomas Volk, Stefan Wagenpfeil, Benedict Wallrich |
| Source: |
BMC Medical Education, Vol 19, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2019) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2019. |
| Publication Year: |
2019 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Special aspects of education
LCC:Medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Echocardiography, Training program, Students, Left ventricular ejection fraction, Ultrasound, Special aspects of education, LC8-6691, Medicine |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background Transthoracic echocardiography is the primary imaging modality for diagnosing cardiac conditions but medical education in this field is limited. We tested the hypothesis that a structured theoretical and supervised practical course of training in focused echocardiography in last year medical students results in a more accurate assessment and more precise calculation of left ventricular ejection fraction after ten patient examinations. Methods After a theoretical introduction course 25 last year medical students performed ten transthoracic echocardiographic examination blocks in postsurgical patients. Left ventricular function was evaluated both with an eye-balling method and with the calculated ejection fraction using diameter and area of left ventricles. Each examination block was controlled by a certified and blinded tutor. Bias and precision of measurements were assessed with Bland and Altman method. Results Using the eye-balling method students agreed with the tutor’s findings both at the beginning (88%) but more at the end of the course (95.7%). The variation between student and tutor for calculation of area, diameter and ejection fraction, respectively, was significantly lower in examination block 10 than in examination block 1 (each p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1472-6920 |
| Relation: |
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-019-1809-2; https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12909-019-1809-2 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/48db8d6790b842f0a2dc27c8fa6909ec |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.48db8d6790b842f0a2dc27c8fa6909ec |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
