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Low Frequency, High Complexity: Assessing Skill Decay in Transesophageal Echocardiography Post-Simulation Training.

Enyo Ablordeppey^1,2, Emily Terian^3,4, Collyn T Murray^2,5

¹Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Louis, Missouri.

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Resuscitative transesophageal echo (rTEE) skills decay significantly after simulation-based education, with a 41% decline in proficiency. Spaced repetition training helped mitigate this decay, improving scores and reducing image acquisition time.

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Area of Science:

Emergency Medicine
Cardiology
Medical Simulation

Background:

Resuscitative transesophageal echo (rTEE) is a valuable tool in cardiac arrest resuscitation.
Its application is limited due to its high-acuity nature and infrequent use.
Skills in high-acuity, low-occurrence procedures like rTEE are prone to decay.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine the skill decay of resuscitative transesophageal echo (rTEE) after simulation-based education (SBE).
To assess the impact of spaced repetition on mitigating rTEE skill decay.

Main Methods:

Emergency physicians (EPs) underwent four months of rTEE training (clinical exposure, didactics, simulation).
A six-month washout period occurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Skills were assessed at 6 months (decay) and 7 months (spaced repetition effect); comfort was assessed one year later.

Main Results:

Initial proficiency score was 32/32; at 6 months, the mean score dropped to 19/32 (41% decay).
Spaced repetition at 7 months improved the median score to 26/32 (19% decay).
Image acquisition skills decayed less than name recall and probe manipulation; spaced repetition improved mean scores by 23% and reduced image acquisition time.

Conclusions:

Hands-on image acquisition skills in rTEE demonstrate the least decay after proficiency-based SBE.
Spaced repetition effectively mitigates skill decay in rTEE over a short period.
While spaced repetition improves performance, skills may not return to baseline levels without continued practice.