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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Emergency Medicine
  • Cardiology

Background:

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG) interpretation is crucial for emergency medicine (EM) physicians.
  • A consensus on prioritizing ECG patterns for training is lacking.
  • Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) requires defined performance expectations for diagnostic skills like ECG interpretation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify the most important ECG patterns for EM physicians.
  • To align ECG pattern recognition with CBME frameworks.
  • To base prioritization on "importance to identify" and "clinical significance".

Main Methods:

  • A three-round electronic modified Delphi survey was conducted.
  • Participants included geographically diverse EM fellows and faculty in the United States (N=14).
  • Panelists rated ECG patterns on importance to identify and clinical significance using Likert scales.

Main Results:

  • A list of 78 ECG patterns was generated.
  • Top-rated patterns included those from Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and acute coronary syndrome indicators.
  • Some patterns (e.g., atrial fibrillation) were important to identify but had lower clinical significance, while others (e.g., cardiac glycoside toxicity) had high significance but lower identification importance.

Conclusions:

  • A Delphi study generated a prioritized list of ECG patterns.
  • This list can guide ECG curriculum development and assessment in EM.
  • The findings support aligning ECG education with CBME targets based on clinical relevance and diagnostic importance.