Learner Improvement From a Simulation‐Enhanced Ultrasonography Curriculum for First‐Year Medical Students

Objectives We describe a simulation‐enhanced ultrasonography (US) curriculum for first‐year medical students as part of a comprehensive curricular integration of US skills. Our goal was to assess student knowledge and performance of US and determine their satisfaction with the integrated curriculum....

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Published in:Journal of ultrasound in medicine 2017-03, Vol.36 (3), p.609-619
Main Authors: Miller, Geoffrey T., Scerbo, Mark W., Zybak, Samantha, Byars, Donald V., Goodmurphy, Craig W., Lattanzio, Frank A., Knapp, Barry J., Toreno, Felicia, Levitov, Alex, Shaves, Sarah, Abuhamad, Alfred
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Language:English
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Clinical Competence
Curriculum
education
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Educational Measurement - statistics & numerical data
Humans
medical student
Patient Simulation
Problem-Based Learning - methods
Students, Medical
Ultrasonics - education
ultrasonography
ultrasound education
undergraduate medical
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Summary:Objectives We describe a simulation‐enhanced ultrasonography (US) curriculum for first‐year medical students as part of a comprehensive curricular integration of US skills. Our goal was to assess student knowledge and performance of US and determine their satisfaction with the integrated curriculum. Methods A committee of basic science, clinical, and interinstitutional faculty developed 7 educational US modules integrated into existing anatomy and physiology courses. First‐year students in years 2012 through 2014 were administered a demographic survey and a knowledge‐based pretest at the outset of the US program and assessed with a posttest, satisfaction survey, and their image acquisition abilities in an objective structured clinical examination with standardized patients on completion of the program. Results Data from 390 students showed a significant increase in knowledge from the pretest to the posttest [t(389) = 58.027; P 
ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/ultra.15.12025