1. A 2-week elective experience provides comparable training as longitudinal exposure during residency for pelvic sonography.
- Author
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Jang TB and Kaji AH
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- Educational Measurement statistics & numerical data, Emergency Medical Services statistics & numerical data, Female, Humans, Male, Pelvis diagnostic imaging, Pregnancy, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity, Teaching methods, Clinical Competence statistics & numerical data, Internship and Residency statistics & numerical data, Obstetrics education, Pregnancy Complications diagnostic imaging, Radiology education, Ultrasonography, Prenatal statistics & numerical data
- Abstract
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to compare the accuracy of first-trimester pelvic sonography done by physicians after a 2-week emergency ultrasound elective to similarly numbered examinations done by physicians longitudinally over several years of residency training., Methods: We conducted a secondary analysis of a previously reported prospective study of pelvic sonography for symptomatic first-trimester pregnancy. The 21st through 40th examinations were compared between those who completed an emergency ultrasound elective and those who did not. The reference standard was pelvic sonography done by the department of radiology., Results: Eighty-six examinations (34%) were done by 12 operators who did not participate in an emergency ultrasound elective, and 171 examinations (67%) were done by 13 operators who completed an emergency ultrasound elective. There was no statistical difference between the groups with regard to identifying an intrauterine pregnancy, molar pregnancy, ectopic pregnancy, or adnexal mass., Conclusions: The accuracy of pelvic sonography for first-trimester pregnancy was comparable between physicians who participated in a 2-week emergency ultrasound elective and those who performed the same number of examinations over a longer period during residency training., (© 2015 by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine.)
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- 2015
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