Learning Outcomes With Point-of-Care Ultrasound

NCT04021693 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 42094
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 47
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Point-of care-ultrasonography has the potential to transform healthcare delivery through its diagnostic and therapeutic utility. Its use has become more widespread across a variety of clinical settings as more investigations have demonstrated its impact on patient care. This includes the use of point-of-care ultrasound by trainees, who are now utilizing this technology as part of their diagnostic assessments of patients. However, there are few studies that examine how efficiently trainees can learn point-of-care ultrasound and which training methods are more effective. The primary objective of this study is to assess whether handheld ultrasound devices, along with a year-long lecture series, improve internal medicine interns' knowledge and image interpretation skills with point-of-care ultrasound. Participants shall be randomized to receive personal access to handheld ultrasound devices to be used for learning vs. no personal access. The primary outcome will assess their interpretive ability with ultrasound images/videos. Secondary outcomes will include rates of device usage and lecture attendance.

Conditions

Ultrasound

Keywords

Medical Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Mean Percent Correct On Image Assessments at 1 year

  Image assessments will include videos and photographs of ultrasound images that will require the intern to interpret the image.

  1 year

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Mean Reported Device Usage Rates at 1 year

  1 year

• Mean Lecture Attendance at 1 year

  1 year

Study Arms (2)

Handheld Ultrasound Devices

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Handheld Ultrasound Devices

No Handheld Ultrasound Devices

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Handheld Ultrasound Devices OTHER

Interns in the handheld ultrasound device arm shall carry a personal handheld ultrasound device to be used for self-directed learning

Handheld Ultrasound Devices

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Internal Medicine Intern Physicians at Stanford University

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Stanford University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Stanford University

Stanford, California, 95401, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Kumar A, Kugler J, Jensen T. Evaluation of Trainee Competency with Point-of-Care Ultrasonography (POCUS): a Conceptual Framework and Review of Existing Assessments. J Gen Intern Med. 2019 Jun;34(6):1025-1031. doi: 10.1007/s11606-019-04945-4.

  PMID: 30924088 BACKGROUND

• Moore CL, Copel JA. Point-of-care ultrasonography. N Engl J Med. 2011 Feb 24;364(8):749-57. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra0909487. No abstract available.

  PMID: 21345104 BACKGROUND

Study Officials

• Andre D Kumar, MD, MEd

  Clinical Assistant Professor

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: OTHER
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Clinical Assistant Professor

Model Details: Intern physicians were randomized 1:1 to receive personal access to a handheld ultrasound device vs. no device. The groups did not cross over in which intervention they received.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 12, 2019
• First Posted: July 16, 2019
• Study Start: August 16, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2018
• Study Completion: June 30, 2018
• Last Updated: July 16, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)