Transfer From a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course

Ultrasonography Clinical Trial

Official title:

Transfer From a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course to Diagnostic Performance on Patients - a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02304133
• Other study ID #: H-3-2012-006
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 24, 2014
• Last updated: November 25, 2014
• Start date: January 2012
• Est. completion date: November 2014

Study information

• Verified date: November 2014
• Source: Rigshospitalet, Denmark
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Denmark: The National Committee on Health Research Ethics
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study explores the effect of a four-hour ultrasound course on physicians' point-of-care ultrasound performance on patients representing acute abdominal surgical conditions.

Description:

A randomized controlled trial with physicians was conducted. The intervention group participated in a four-hour abdominal POC US course before performing ultrasound on four patients with different abdominal surgical conditions. The control group did not participate in a course before performing ultrasound on the patients.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 64
• Est. completion date: November 2014
• Est. primary completion date: February 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical Doctor

• Signed up for a courses in abdominal point-of-care ultrasound

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Ultrasonography

Intervention

Other:
• Education

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Rigshospitalet, Denmark

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Ultrasound performance	An Objective Structured Assessment of Ultrasound Skills (OSAUS) scoring form was used to assess ultrasound performance	4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances	No
Primary	Diagnostic accuracy	The ultrasound diagnoses were evaluated as "correct," "inconclusive," or "false," and the diagnostic accuracy was calculated by sensitivity and specificity	4 ultrasound cases conducted by the study participants were assessed immediately after the intervention/control circumstances	No