Optimizing simulator-based training for emergency transesophageal echocardiography: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Resuscitative clinician-performed transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is a relatively novel ultrasound application; however, optimal teaching methods have not been determined. Previous studies have demonstrated that variable practice (VP), where practice conditions are changed, may improve learning of procedural skills compared with blocked practice (BP), where practice conditions are kept constant. We compared VP and BP for teaching resuscitative TEE to emergency medicine residents using a simulator.

Methods

Emergency medicine residents with no prior TEE experience were randomized to the BP or VP groups. The BP group practiced 10 repetitions of a fixed five-view TEE sequence, while the VP group practiced 10 different random five-view TEE sequences on a simulat

SUBMITTER: Chenkin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9883586 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature