Certification Standards and Diagnostic Accuracy for Surgeon-performed Ultrasonography

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ultrasonography Skills

Treatments: Other: Measurement of competence

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02778451

H-3-2013-081

Details and patient eligibility

About

Ultrasonography (US) is an operator depended image modality that is difficult to reproduce and interpret by others. Competence of the US operator is crucial for reliable diagnostics but no evidence-based certification of head and neck US skills has been developed. Investigators conducted an experimental study aimed to explore diagnostic accuracy and establish validity evidence for certification standards in surgeon-performed ultrasonography.

Enrollment: 17 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 26 to 48 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

1. Ultrasonography-experienced surgeons

   Inclusion Criteria:

   • Board certified otolaryngologist
   • Daily use of head and neck Ultrasonography

2. Ultrasonography novices:

Inclusion Criteria:

• Medical doctor during internship

Exclusion Criteria:

• experience with head and neck Ultrasonography
• experience with head and neck surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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17 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasonography-experienced surgeons

Other group

Description:

Attending physicians and consultants in head and neck surgery using head and neck Ultrasonography on a daily basis.

Treatment:

Other: Measurement of competence

Ultrasonography novices

Other group

Description:

Physicians participating in their one-year internship at other surgical or medical departments with no experience with head and neck US or head and neck surgery.

Treatment:

Other: Measurement of competence