Teaching physical examination of the adult liver with use of real-time sonography

Barloon, Thomas J.; Brown, Bruce P.; Abu‐Yousef, Monzer M.; Ferguson, Kristi J.; Schweiger, Gary D.; Erkonen, William E.; Schuldt, Sandra S.

doi:10.1016/s1076-6332(98)80129-3

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“…As early as 1996, at Hannover Medical School in Germany, focused ultrasonography was used as an effective educational aid in teaching anatomy to medical students [19][20][21][22][23][24]. In a 4-year review, Tshibwabwa et al [21] described that first-year medical students at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada were able to enhance their understanding the anatomy of the cardiovascular and renal system through three 90-min 'ultrasound anatomy' session provided by a radiologist in conjunction with integrated clinical skills, anatomy and radiology sessions.…”

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Ultrasound in medical education: listening to the echoes of the past to shape a vision for the future

Lane

Lahham

Joseph

et al. 2015

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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learners prefer blended learning where material can be reviewed online and personalize the education on their own time frame. This material combined with hands-on experience and mentorship can be used to develop learners' aptitude in ultrasound. Conclusions As educators embrace this ultrasound technology and integrate it throughout the medical education journey, collaboration across specialties will synthesize a clear path forward when needs and resources are paired with vision and a strategic plan.

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Ultrasound in medical education: listening to the echoes of the past to shape a vision for the future

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Lahham

Joseph

et al. 2015

Eur J Trauma Emerg Surg

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“…This was reaffirmed in focus groups where students commented that the haptic experience of scanning their peers aided image orientation and interpretation. Several pilot studies 19,[22][23][24][25] and studies with student cohorts 5,7,18,26 show that, with focussed training, students can gain sufficient scanning proficiency for clinical examination. However, Sweetman et al 12 caution that infrequent scanning opportunities encourage confidence without skill development, since ultrasound scanning did not improve students' performance in clinical examinations.…”

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Using ultrasound to teach anatomy in the undergraduate medical curriculum: an evaluation of the experiences of tutors and medical students

Patten

2014

Ultrasound

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This paper describes the experiences of staff and students at two UK medical schools, who introduced portable ultrasound (PU) as an imaging technology to deliver clinical anatomy teaching and to aid skill development in interpretation of cross-sectional anatomy (CSA). A sonographer contributed to curriculum design and teaching, but mostly anatomy tutors delivered the teaching. This case study method evaluates staff and student perspectives on the ultrasound-based anatomy teaching. Quantitative data and qualitative data were collected and analysed. Staff were positive about the experience. They described their expectations for students and solutions for practical issues regarding the teaching, but were concerned about their competency in scanning and wanted bespoke training for sonoanatomy teaching. Curriculum development was accelerated through engagement with a sonographer and an ultrasound champion. Students were extremely positive about their experience; they valued the expertise of a sonographer who taught more challenging sonoanatomy, but were equally positive regarding teaching sessions led by well-trained anatomy tutors who taught more simple sonoanatomy. Students affirmed most tutors' expectations that ultrasound could reinforce existing anatomical knowledge, added clinical contextualisation, but not that use of ultrasound (US) assisted in interpreting CSA. Students valued the introduction to the technology and found sonoimage interpretation challenging, but not insurmountable. Students wanted more instruction on ultrasound physics, an expansion of ultrasound curriculum, with smaller groups and opportunities to scan volunteers. These data support the case for the use of PU to deliver anatomy teaching and to prime medical students for later clinical encounters with PU.

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“…The US examination consisted of a systematic longitudinal and transverse multiplanar examination of knee [group 1] and MCP joints [group 2] using a real-time scanner (Logiq E9, GE Medical Systems Ultrasound and Primary Care Diagnostics, Wauwatosa, WI, USA) equipped with a multi-frequency linear matrix array transducer (6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15). Machine settings were optimized before the study and standardized for the whole study.…”

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Musculoskeletal ultrasound: an effective tool to help medical students improve joint inflammation detection?

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Aim: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether musculoskeletal (MS) ultrasound (US) can be useful in helping medical students to detect joint inflammation through physical examination. Material and methods: The study was performed by two groups of four 6 th year medical students. None had received any previous training in the clinical examination of joints or the use of ultrasound. Students were put through a 5-session training programme on the clinical detection of either knee [group 1] or metacarpophalangeal (MCP) [group 2] inflammation. After an initial training session on physical examination of normal and inflamed joints, the students examined 170 joints from 41 patients attending the hospital outpatient clinic in 4 separate sessions. The same joints were assessed for synovitis with US with the ensuing data compared to that of the students and analyzed for concordance with Cohen's unweighted kappa. Results: In total 60 knees [group 1] and 110 MCP [group 2] were evaluated. The agreement between the presence of arthritis detected by the students in the four sessions and the presence of synovitis detected by US improved from the session I to sessions III with a marked improvement in the last session. Conclusions: MSUS may be an effective technique for helping students to acquire the ability to detect joint inflammation.

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Teaching physical examination of the adult liver with use of real-time sonography

Cited by 57 publications

References 8 publications

Ultrasound in medical education: listening to the echoes of the past to shape a vision for the future

Ultrasound in medical education: listening to the echoes of the past to shape a vision for the future

Using ultrasound to teach anatomy in the undergraduate medical curriculum: an evaluation of the experiences of tutors and medical students

Musculoskeletal ultrasound: an effective tool to help medical students improve joint inflammation detection?

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