Journal article
Validation of Epworth Richmond's Echocardiography Education Focused Year
KS Brooks, LH Tan, TH Rozen, D Kelly, DP Mckenzie, P Calafiore, J Barrett
Critical Care Medicine | LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS | Published : 2020
Abstract
Objectives: College of Intensive Care Medicine mandatory training in echocardiography requires a minimum 30 echocardiograms. Trainee echocardiography accuracy following mandatory training is unknown. Our objective was to determine the reliability of ICU trainee echocardiography after our yearlong College of Intensive Care Medicine accredited course. Design: Single-center, prospective observational study. Trainee echocardiograms were compared to independent, blinded expert echocardiograms, with a target of 37 matched scans per trainee. Subjects: Trainees were eligible to participate on completion of our in-house, mandatory echocardiography training. Setting: Epworth Richmond is in an Australi..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Supported, in part, by grant from the Epworth Research Institute which was used to employ sonographers for the research. No additional funding was required to run the teaching program which was delivered using existing nonclinical time from the consultant group.