Ultrasound education, competencies and expected future use among medical interns in Denmark: a national cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Point-of-care ultrasound is increasingly used across medical specialties, calling for timely and relevant ultrasound education in specialty training. To enable customizing such education, we aimed to explore medical interns' received ultrasound education during medical school and internship, perceived scanning competencies, evaluation of received education, future expectations for using ultrasound, and tendencies for perceiving ultrasound competence.

Methods

This was a national cross-sectional study. We developed a questionnaire based on a theoretical conceptual model, individual interviews with medical interns and focus groups with medical students, followed by pilot testing. The questionnaire was distributed to all medical interns in Denmark (N = 1231). Data wer

SUBMITTER: Gram P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11656876 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature