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Focused echocardiography training using remote lectures and image interpretation tasks improved novice healthcare professionals' accuracy in identifying critical conditions. Confidence increased with experience, though accuracy and confidence correlations remained weak, highlighting potential safety considerations for remote learning.

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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Point-of-Care Ultrasound
  • Cardiology Training

Background:

  • Focused echocardiography is vital in acute care, yet evidence for effective teaching methods is limited.
  • Access to in-person training poses a barrier, disproportionately affecting certain learners.
  • This study addresses the need for empirical data on teaching focused echocardiography skills.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if serial image interpretation tasks enhance novice echocardiographers' diagnostic accuracy.
  • To explore the relationship between reporting accuracy and self-reported confidence.
  • To assess learner satisfaction with a potentially remote-accessible training program.

Main Methods:

  • 27 participants completed remote lectures and in-person sessions.
  • Participants performed 40 focused echocardiography reporting tasks in randomized batches.
  • Accuracy was benchmarked against expert consensus; confidence and satisfaction were self-reported.

Main Results:

  • Reporting accuracy improved stepwise, from 66% to 78% across image sets.
  • Participant confidence in identifying pathologies increased with more reported scans.
  • A weak correlation between accuracy and confidence was observed (rs=0.394 to 0.321).

Conclusions:

  • Remote training with reporting tasks enables healthcare professionals to interpret focused echocardiograms effectively.
  • Increased interpretation experience enhances both accuracy and confidence in identifying critical findings.
  • The weak accuracy-confidence link warrants further investigation; remote delivery is feasible and beneficial for echocardiography education.