Lung ultrasound training : how short is too short? observational study on the effects of a focused theoretical training for novice learners
© 2024. The Author(s)..
BACKGROUND: Lung ultrasound has been increasingly used in the last years for the assessment of patients with respiratory diseases; it is considered a simple technique, now spreading from physicians to other healthcare professionals as nurses and physiotherapists, as well as to medical students. These providers may require a different training to acquire lung ultrasound skills, since they are expected to have no previous experience with ultrasound. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of a short theoretical training focused on lung ultrasound pattern recognition in a population of novice nurse learners with no previous experience with ultrasound.
METHODS: We included the nurses attending a critical care advanced course for nurses performed at the University of Pavia. Images' interpretation skills were tested on two slide sets (a 25-clip set focused on B-pattern recognition and a 25-clip set focused on identification of pleural movement as lung sliding, lung pulse, lung point, no movement) before and after three 30-minute teaching modules dedicated to general ultrasound principles, B-lines assessment and lung sliding assessment. A cut off of 80% was considered acceptable for correctly interpreted images after this basic course.
RESULTS: 22 nurses were enrolled (age 26.0 [24.0-28.0] years; men 4 (18%)); one nurse had previous experience with other ultrasound techniques, none of them had previous experience with lung ultrasound. After the training, the number of correctly interpreted clips improved from 3.5 [0.0-13.0] to 22.0 [19.0-23.0] (p < 0.0001) for B-pattern and from 0.5 [0.0-2.0] to 8.5 [6.0-12.0] (p < 0.0001) for lung sliding assessment. The number of correct answers for B-pattern recognition was significantly higher than for lung sliding assessment, both before (3.5 [0.0-13.0] vs. 0.5 [0.0-2.0]; p = 0.0036) and after (22.0 [19.0-23.0] vs. 8.5 [6.0-12.0]; p < 0.0001) the training. After the training, nurses were able to correctly recognize the presence or the absence of a B-pattern in 84.2 ± 10.3% of cases; lung sliding was correctly assessed in 37.1 ± 15.3% of cases.
CONCLUSIONS: Lung ultrasound is considered a simple technique; while a short, focused training significantly improves B-pattern recognition, lung sliding assessment may require a longer training for novice learners.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: Not applicable.
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BMC medical education - 24(2024), 1 vom: 21. Feb., Seite 166 |
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Date Completed 23.02.2024 Date Revised 24.02.2024 published: Electronic Citation Status MEDLINE |
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