Objective structured assessment of technical competence in transthoracic echocardiography: a validity study in a standardised setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Competence in transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) is unrelated to traditional measures of TTE competence, such as duration of training and number of examinations performed. This study aims to explore aspects of validity of an instrument for structured assessment of echocardiographic technical skills.

Methods

The study included 45 physicians with three different clinical levels of echocardiography competence who all scanned the same healthy male following national guidelines. An expert in echocardiography (OG) evaluated all the recorded, de-identified TTE images blindly using the developed instrument for assessment of TTE technical skills. The instrument consisted of both a global rating scale and a procedure specific checklist. Two scores were calculated for each

SUBMITTER: Nielsen DG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3621521 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature