Cardiac point-of Care Ultrasound Training Pathway for Emergency Department Advanced Practice Providers

Duke University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Pericardial Effusion; Implementation Science; Medical Training; Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS); Pulmonary Embolism (Diagnosis); Emergency Department Patient; Diagnostic Imaging; Cardiac Tamponade; Heart Failure Acute; Cardiovascular Disease Acute

Treatments: Behavioral: Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training and clinical pathway

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07159269

Pro00118464

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess emergency medicine physician and advanced practice provider (APP) knowledge and technical skill in performance of a point-of-care ultrasound simulation and just-in-time training pathway to determine the feasibility, acceptability, and usability of the ultrasound training program. By performing this study, we hope to create a standardized training model which could potentially facilitate point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) clinical performance and thereby improve patient care.

Enrollment: 75 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• advanced practice providers (APPs) currently working in our ED, with additional APPs as they are hired (expected to be about 75 APPs total within the next 3 years due to expanding staffing needs and coverage models).

Exclusion criteria

• non-APPs such as physicians, nurses, or other clinical staff

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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75 participants in 1 patient group

Advanced Practice Provider (APP) Cohort

Experimental group

Description:

Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) are nonphysicians essential to the emergency department workforce, especially in rural and community hospitals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training and clinical pathway