评估加拿大泌尿外科住院医生和项目主任对尿生殖器图像学当前培训的看法
David Bouhadana1, Sarah Elbaz2, Rose Di Ioia1
1Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.
概括
加拿大泌尿病学课程缺乏正式的生殖泌尿 (GU) 成像课程. 项目主管和居民都希望获得更多的培训,但时间限制和教育工作者短缺构成了改善GU成像教育的重大障碍.
科学领域:
- 医学教育 医学教育
- 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科 泌尿器科
- 医疗成像医学成像
背景情况:
- 生殖尿路 (GU) 图像解释是泌尿科医生的关键技能.
- 目前,没有国家认可的GU成像课程存在于加拿大泌尿器科住院培训.
- 这项研究解决了在加拿大的GU成像教育的特征和改进的需要.
研究的目的:
- 描述加拿大泌尿器科住院计划当前的生殖泌尿 (GU) 影像培训.
- 评估居民在解释GU成像方面的自我认知能力.
- 探索项目主管和居民对现有的成像课程的看法,并确定未来的改进方向.
主要方法:
- 一项调查分发给所有加拿大泌尿器科项目主任 (PD) 和居民从11月到2022年12月.
- 该调查评估了当前的成像教育,感知住户知识,改进策略,以及护理点超声波的作用.
- 从所有13个PD和178个居民中72个PD收集了数据.
主要成果:
- 据报道,只有两个加拿大泌尿器科项目有正式的GU成像课程.
- 居民对脏,淋巴腺和阴茎血管的多普勒超声波解释表示信心最低.
- 项目主管指出,课程时间限制和缺乏教育工作者是提高成像培训的主要障碍.
结论:
- 项目主任和住院人员都确定了加强生殖尿路 (GU) 影像培训的重大需求.
- 实施更多的成像培训受到有限的课程时间和合格教育工作者短缺的阻碍.
- 未来的努力必须解决这些系统性障碍,以提高加拿大泌尿病住院的GU成像能力.
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