Department of Urology, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Urology Division of General Surgery, Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Georgetown, Guyana.
J Educ Eval Health Prof. 2023;20:11. doi: 10.3352/jeehp.2023.20.11. Epub 2023 Apr 4.
A virtual point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education program was initiated to introduce handheld ultrasound technology to Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation in Guyana, a low-resource setting. We studied ultrasound competency and participant satisfaction in a cohort of 20 physicians-in-training through the urology clinic. The program consisted of a training phase, where they learned how to use the Butterfly iQ ultrasound, and a mentored implementation phase, where they applied their skills in the clinic. The assessment was through written exams and an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE). Fourteen students completed the program. The written exam scores were 3.36/5 in the training phase and 3.57/5 in the mentored implementation phase, and all students earned 100% on the OSCE. Students expressed satisfaction with the program. Our POCUS education program demonstrates the potential to teach clinical skills in low-resource settings and the value of virtual global health partnerships in advancing POCUS and minimally invasive diagnostics.
我们在圭亚那的乔治敦公立医院启动了一个虚拟即时超声（POCUS）教育项目，旨在向医生介绍手持式超声技术。我们通过泌尿科诊所，对 20 名医学生进行了超声能力和参与者满意度的研究。该项目包括培训阶段，他们在培训阶段学习如何使用 Butterfly iQ 超声，以及在指导下实施阶段，他们在诊所应用他们的技能。评估通过书面考试和客观结构化临床考试（OSCE）进行。有 14 名学生完成了该计划。在培训阶段的书面考试得分为 3.36/5，在指导下实施阶段的书面考试得分为 3.57/5，所有学生在 OSCE 中都获得了 100%的分数。学生对该计划表示满意。我们的 POCUS 教育计划表明，在资源匮乏的环境中教授临床技能具有潜力，并且虚拟全球卫生伙伴关系在推动 POCUS 和微创诊断方面具有价值。
