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CompletedNCT02304133

Transfer From a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course

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

Status
Completed
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
64 (actual)
Sponsor
Rigshospitalet, Denmark · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
Healthy volunteers
Accepted

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
OTHEREducation

Timeline

Start date
2012-01-01
Primary completion
2013-02-01
Completion
2014-11-01
First posted
2014-12-01
Last updated
2014-12-01

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02304133. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.