Continuing Education of General Practitioners in Clinical Ultrasound - Ultrasound Simulation or Traditional Ultrasound Training?

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this study is to compare two different educational methods for training general practitioners (GPs) in point-of-care ultrasound. The main question it aims to answer is: \- Does the use of ultrasound phantoms and simulators result in superior post-course ultrasound skills compared to traditional training methods involving healthy volunteers? Researchers will compare a group trained with traditional methods (scanning healthy volunteers) to a group trained using ultrasound phantoms and simulators to see if the different training methods result in different levels of ultrasound proficiency. Participants will: * Be 24 general practitioners randomized into two groups of 12. * Receive training in five clinical ultrasound examinations: 1) Aortic abdominal aneurism, 2) gallstones, 3) pleural effusion, 4) hydronephrosis, and 5) free fluid in the abdomen (FAST scan). * Begin with e-learning, followed by two in-person teaching seminars. * Train at their clinics between course days: first on healthy volunteers, then on indicated patients. * Upload scans to an online learning platform and receive feedback from instructors. * Be assessed after 90 days using the validated Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS) tool, with blinded evaluators.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Healthy Volunteers: t
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• The participant must be a postgraduate medical doctor specialized in general medicine/family medicine (general practitioner).

• The participant must have access to an ultrasound device during the study period.

Locations
Other Locations
Denmark
NordSim
RECRUITING
Aalborg
Contact Information
Primary
Julie J Strøm
jrjepsen@dcm.aau.dk
004520869389
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-06-26
Estimated Completion Date: 2025-12-04
Participants
Target number of participants: 24
Treatments
Experimental: Simulation
General practitioners allocated to the intervention arm will participate in the POCUS course with hands-on training on an ultrasound simulator which can portrait both the normal reference and pathology at hands-on teaching seminars.
Active_comparator: Healthy volunteers
General practitioners allocated to the control arm will participate in the POCUS course with hands-on training on healthy volunteers and pathology presented as still pictures and videos at hands-on teaching seminars.
Sponsors
Collaborators: Nordsim
Leads: Aalborg University

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