Poor return on investment: investigating the barriers that cause low credentialing yields in a resource-limited clinical ultrasound training programme.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Clinical ultrasound is commonly used in medical practices worldwide due to the multiple benefits the modality offers clinicians. Rigorous credentialing standards are necessary to safeguard patients against operator errors. The purpose of the study was to establish and analyse the barriers that specifically lead to poor credentialing success within a resource-limited clinical ultrasound training programme. METHODS:An electronic cross-sectional survey was e-mailed to all trainees who attended the introductory clinical ultrasound courses held in Cape Town since its inception in 2009 to 2013. All trainees were followed until they completed their training programme in 2015. RESULTS:Only one fifth of trainees (n = 43, 19.7%), who entered the Cape Town training programme, credentialed

SUBMITTER: Lamprecht H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821624 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature