Training Concepts in Emergency Ultrasonography

Training Concepts in Emergency Ultrasonography for Medical Students

Emergency ultrasound examinations are increasingly important diagnostic tools in emergency and critical care medicine. This study wants to analyze different types of education for undergraduate students. Any method of medical training will be proved theoretical and in clinical practice.

Study Overview

• Status: Unknown
• Conditions: Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Education

Detailed Description

This prospective educational study wants to analyze different methods of education for undergraduate medical students.

Method A: Theoretical training will be scheduled for 2 hours with lectures in basics of emergency ultrasound. After the theoretical education the students will obtain a bedside-teaching on intensive care unit for 4 hours.

Method B: Theoretical training will be scheduled for 3 hours and included lectures in echocardiography, lung ultrasound and abdominal ultrasound. After the theoretical education the students will obtain a bedside-teaching on intensive care unit for 3 hours.

Method C: Theoretical training will be scheduled for 3 hours and included lectures in echocardiography, lung ultrasound and abdominal ultrasound. After the theoretical education the students will obtain a hands-on-training in healthy volunteers for 3 hours. The acquired knowledge and practical skills will be analyzed by a multiple-choice exam (5 MC-questions, 5 video sequences) and a practical exam (five tasks).

Any method of training will be proved at the end theoretical and in clinical practice.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 100

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Cologne, Germany, 50937
    • Prof. Dr. Guido Michels

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Undergraduate medical students

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

• No

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Observational Models: Other
• Time Perspectives: Prospective

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort	Intervention / Treatment
Group A; Theoretical training will be scheduled for 2 hours with lectures in basics of emergency ultrasound. After the theoretical education the students will obtain a bedside-teaching on intensive care unit for 4 hours.	Other: Education; Different methods in education of emergency ultrasound; Other Names: Prospective educational study
Group B; Theoretical training will be scheduled for 3 hours and included lectures in echocardiography, lung ultrasound and abdominal ultrasound. After the theoretical education the students will obtain a bedside-teaching on intensive care unit for 3 hours.	Other: Education; Different methods in education of emergency ultrasound; Other Names: Prospective educational study
Group C; Theoretical training will be scheduled for 3 hours and included lectures in echocardiography, lung ultrasound and abdominal ultrasound.	Other: Education; Different methods in education of emergency ultrasound; Other Names: Prospective educational study

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Improvement of the knowledge score with different training in emergency ultrasound	With different kinds of short trainings in ultrasound, students can quickly and accurately determine the main emergency ultrasound diagnosis (free fluid, pulmonary consolidation, pulmonary edema, pneumothorax, left and right ventricular failure, pericardial tamponade). The parameter of knowledge score will be used (ratio of multiple choice exam and practical exam).	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Cologne
• Investigators: Study Chair: Guido Michels, Prof. Dr., Univesity of Cologne, Germany

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): June 1, 2019
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): January 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): July 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 27, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 1, 2016
• First Posted (Estimate): February 2, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): October 17, 2018
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 16, 2018
• Last Verified: October 1, 2018

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Emergencies
• Other Study ID Numbers: 15-412

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: No
• IPD Plan Description: No plan to share data.