Medical intern medium-term skill retention following cardiac ultrasound curriculum: a pilot study

Medical intern medium-term skill retention following cardiac ultrasound spaced practice: a pilot study

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-jRCT1032220488

Enrollment

Registered

2022-12-04

Start date

2022-12-04

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Medical interns who participated in the cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum Education, Medical, Graduate

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Medical interns who participated in the cardiac point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum at Kameda Medical Center between June 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: The medical interns who refuse to participate in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mean skill test score difference between pre-training and 4-month post-training (This pilot study does not aim to test a hypothesis of the provisional primary outcome. The primary outcome selection and forming a hypothesis for future study are the main purpose of this study)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1: Mean skill test score difference between pre-training and immediate post-training 2: Mean skill test score difference between pre-training and 2-month post-training 3: Mean skill test score difference between immediate post-training and 2-month post-training 4: Mean skill test score difference between immediate post-training and 4-month post-training 5: Mean skill test score difference between immediate 2-month post-training and 4-month post-training 6: Confidence of cardiac POCUS skills at pre-, immediate post-, 2-month post-, and 4-month post-training (5-point Likert scale) 7: Participants' satisfaction of the cardiac POCUS curriculum (5-point Likert scale)	—

Measure

Time frame

1: Mean skill test score difference between pre-training and immediate post-training 2: Mean skill test score difference between pre-training and 2-month post-training 3: Mean skill test score difference between immediate post-training and 2-month post-training 4: Mean skill test score difference between immediate post-training and 4-month post-training 5: Mean skill test score difference between immediate 2-month post-training and 4-month post-training 6: Confidence of cardiac POCUS skills at pre-, immediate post-, 2-month post-, and 4-month post-training (5-point Likert scale) 7: Participants' satisfaction of the cardiac POCUS curriculum (5-point Likert scale)

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Contacts

Public ContactSatoshi Jujo

Kameda medical center

jujo.satoshi@kameda.jp+81-470922211

Outcome results