Transfer From a Point-of-care Ultrasound Course

Rigshospitalet

Status: Completed

Conditions: Ultrasonography

Treatments: Other: Education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02304133

H-3-2012-006

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Full 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.

Enrollment: 64 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Medical Doctor
• Signed up for a courses in abdominal point-of-care ultrasound

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

64 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

participating in a four-hour course in abdominal POC US

Treatment:

Other: Education

Control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

no training

Treatment:

Other: Education