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Three-step standardized POCUS training program: e-learning, simulator sessions, and blinded practical evaluation

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Evidence · 1 claim (1 for) · 1 study (1 causal), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 1 claim rests on one study

Description

A standardized three-step pathway for teaching the abdominal POCUS procedure to ultrasound-naive medical students: an expert-reviewed e-learning module with theoretical assessment and individualized feedback, then "two simulator-based training sessions", and a blinded practical evaluation with an OSATS grid and checklist. In the pilot, "30 medical students (15 undergraduates and 15 residents) participated in a standardized three-step training program".

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • Requires an ultrasonography simulator with standardized exercises, an online curriculum that adhered to the Royal College of Radiologists’ recommendations for ultrasound training, and blinded expert evaluators for the practical assessment

Constraints

  • In this study, POCUS was treated solely as a procedure, without assessing the student’s clinical reasoning

Target Learners

  • undergraduate medical students
  • family medicine residents

Learning Goals

  • performing an abdominal POCUS procedure
  • classifying ultrasound images as normal or pathological

Claims

Examples

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Key Sources

  • Borderie Baptiste, Fourcade Laurent, Dupriez Florence, Monteil Jacques, Rouchaud Aymeric, Pasco Jeremy, Amiot Félix. (2026). Impact of educational level on medical students’ ability to learn abdominal point-of-care ultrasonography: a pilot study. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09057-2
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title Three-step standardized POCUS training program: e-learning, simulator sessions, and blinded practical evaluation
description A standardized three-step pathway for teaching the abdominal POCUS procedure to ultrasound-naive medical students: an expert-reviewed e-learning module with theoretical assessment and individualized feedback, then "tw...
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