Can a Tailored Quality Assurance Program Help General Practitioners Maintain POCUS Scanning Competence? A Cohort Study From Denmark

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

16

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

November 15, 2022

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2023

Study Completion Date

January 25, 2024

Conditions
Point-of-care Ultrasonography (POCUS)
Interventions
OTHER

quality assurance program

The program consists of an online quiz using a multiple choice questionnaire (MCQ) design. The participants are expected to complete the online MCQ at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months following baseline. The MCQ includes still-pictures and video sequences of the 10 application specific POCUS examinations from the course curriculum. Through 15-20 questions, the quiz tests the OSAUS dimentions Each question has four possible answers of which up to three answers are correct. Each MCQ will have ten questions pertaining to pathologies within the ten applications of the curriculum. Further, there will be five to ten questions relating to image recognition, image optimisation, ultrasound artifacts. Once each MCQ is finalized, the participating GP's will receive feed-back on the answers with suggestions for improvement and guidance toward continuing self-directed learning.

Trial Locations (1)

9220

Center for General Practice at Aalborg University, Aalborg

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Aalborg University

OTHER