TY  - JOUR
A1  - Breitkreutz, Raoul
A1  - Dutiné, Martina
A1  - Scheiermann, Patrick
A1  - Hempel, Dorothea
A1  - Kujumdshiev, Sandy
A1  - Ackermann, Hanns
A1  - Seeger, Florian Hartmut
A1  - Seibel, Armin
A1  - Walcher, Felix
A1  - Hirche, Tim Oliver
T1  - Thorax, trachea, and lung ultrasonography in emergency and critical care medicine : assessment of an objective structured training concept
T2  - Emergency medicine international
N2  - Background and study objective: Focused lung ultrasound (LUS) examinations are important tools in critical care medicine. There is evidence that LUS can be used for the detection of acute thoracic lesions. However, no validated training method is available. The goal of this study was to develop and assess an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) curriculum for focused thorax, trachea, and lung ultrasound in emergency and critical care medicine (THOLUUSE). 
Methods: 39 trainees underwent a one-day training course in a prospective educational study, including lectures in sonoanatomy and -pathology of the thorax, case presentations, and hands-on training. Trainees' pre- and posttest performances were assessed by multiple choice questionnaires, visual perception tests by interpretation video clips, practical performance of LUS, and identification of specific ultrasound findings. 
Results: Trainees postcourse scores of correct MCQ answers increased from 56 ± 4% to 82 ± 2% (mean± SD; P < 0.001); visual perception skills increased from 54 ± 5% to 78 ± 3% (P < 0.001); practical ultrasound skills improved, and correct LUS was performed in 94%. Subgroup analysis revealed that learning success was independent from the trainees' previous ultrasound experience. 
Conclusions: THOLUUSE significantly improves theoretical and practical skills for the diagnosis of acute thoracic lesions. We propose to implement THOLUUSE in emergency medicine training.
Y1  - 2013
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/32835
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-328356
SN  - 2090-2859
SN  - 2090-2840
N1  - Copyright © 2013 Raoul Breitkreutz et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
VL  - 2013
IS  - Article ID 312758
PB  - Hindawi
CY  - New York, NY [u.a.]
ER  -