Open AccessImpact of simulator-based training on acquisition of transthoracic echocardiography skills in medical students
Author(s) -
Conrad Hempel,
Edwin Turton,
Elham Hasheminejad,
Carmine Bevilacqua,
Gunther Hempel,
Joerg Ender,
Daisy Rotzoll
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_51_19
Subject(s) - medicine , curriculum , test (biology) , session (web analytics) , medical physics , medical simulation , ultrasonography , medical education , simulation , radiology , computer science , pedagogy , world wide web , biology , psychology , paleontology
Due to the expanding role of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool in modern medicine, medical schools rapidly include ultrasound training in their curriculum. The objective of this study was to compare simulator-based training along with classical teaching, using human models, to impart focused transthoracic echocardiography examination.