This study compares Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) training in two hospitals, one that uses an online application for supervision and one that does not use the application. The goal of this trial is to learn if POCUS supervision using the online application is associated with improved POCUS skills in residents in General Internal Medicine (GIM). The main question it aims to answer is:
\- Do POCUS skills improve more during 6 months in GIM residents supervised using the application than in GIM residents who do not use the application?
Further questions the study aims to answer are:
* Do residents using the application perform more POCUS exams during 6 months than residents not using the application? * Are residents using the application more satisfied with their POCUS training than residents not using the application?
General Internal Medicine resident employed at one of the study sites for at least 2 months
Probably or definitely interested in achieving POCUS certification (mandatory for the General Internal Medicine specialisation in Switzerland)
Basic ultrasound course completed (Basic course Abdominal ultrasound or Emergency ultrasound)
Will spend at least 3 months within a rotation where POCUS training is offered during the 6 months after baseline assessment
Definitely or probably not interested in achieving POCUS certification
Has already performed more than 80 supervised and more than 160 total POCUS exams
Will end employment at the study site less than 7 months after baseline assessment
General internal medicine residents at two hospitals in Switzerland
Cohort
Prospective
Not listed
Change from baseline in POCUS skills
POCUS skills will be evaluated on healthy volunteers by video-recorded OSCE
Number of POCUS exams performed
In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.
Number of supervised POCUS exams performed
In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.
Number of directly supervised POCUS exams performed
Direct supervision means that the supervisor is present during the exam. In the cohort using the application, the number is automatically recorded. The usual supervision cohort will manually record the number of exams.
Change in satisfaction and engagement with POCUS training
Measured with a survey
Usefulness of the online application
Assessed with a survey, only in the cohort using the application
Change from baseline in POCUS skills within the individual cohorts
Evaluating how POCUS skills evolve during 6 months in each of the individual study arms.
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Kantonsspital Baden
Lead sponsor
Spital Limmattal Schlieren
Collaborator
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