Training Concepts in Emergency Ultrasonography

Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound Clinical Trial

Official title:

Training Concepts in Emergency Ultrasonography for Medical Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02671201
• Other study ID #: 15-412
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: June 2019
• Est. completion date: July 2022

Study information

• Verified date: October 2018
• Source: University of Cologne
• Contact: Guido Michels, Prof. Dr.
• Phone: +49-221-478-32401
• Email: guido.michels[@]uk-koeln.de
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 100
• Est. completion date: July 2022
• Est. primary completion date: January 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical students

Exclusion Criteria:

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emergencies
• Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound

Intervention

Other:
• Education
Different methods in education of emergency ultrasound

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Prof. Dr. Guido Michels	Cologne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Cologne

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	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