[Practical Ultrasound Skills in Medical School]

Practical Ultrasound Skills in Medical School Abstract. A more competency-based medical education is addressed in the German National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives (NKLM) for Undergraduate Medical Education. This catalogue defines a wide range of competencies in communication, knowledge and skills that enable a medical professional to act effectively and responsibly for the benefit of individual patients and the community. Currently, the cataloque has the status of recommendations for restructuring medical curricula. Medical faculties are called upon to gain practical experience over the next years. Ultrasound is implemented in the preclinical and clinical parts of the NKLM. However, the acquisition of practical ultrasound skills for students is not addressed.