Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.
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Background and Objective: Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has become an integral part of the curricula of various spe-cialty residency programs. POCUS education requires learners to be proficient in image acqui-sition, image interpretation, and integration into clinical practice. The assessment of POCUS skills and competency is variable. This study aimed to assess the validity and reliability of us-ing still ultrasound images as examination test items without providing clinical vignettes or anatomical locations. Methods: This is a proof-of-concept survey pilot study, residents from the Middle East who had com-pleted their training in emergency medicine were surveyed during their competency assess-ment examination. They were provided with a single ultrasound image of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in both print and PowerPoint slide format. The task was to identify the diagnosis based on this image, which was taken from a reference emergency medicine textbook. Results: The study showed that only 50% of the residents correctly identified the diagnoses based on the still images. Many of the incorrect answers included diagnoses that were not related to the anatomical structure that was scanned, indicating that the residents were not able to identify the anatomical locations, which highlighted the challenges of interpreting a single still image without clinical context and emphasized the need for valid and reliable test items in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) education and assessment. Conclusions: National and international emergency medicine societies should establish standards for writ-ing POCUS examination test items to ensure their validity and reliability.
Keywords: point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS); examination test item validity; examination test item reliability; objective structured clinical examination (OSCE); examination test item.
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Rasha Buhumaid
2- Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, College of Medicine, Mohammed bin Rashid University of Medicine and Heath Sciences, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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Ayesha Almemari, MD FRCPC MBA Emergency Medicine and Critical Care Department, Shaikh Shakhboot Medical City, Abu Dhabi, POBOX 11679, United Arab Emirates ayesha_almemari@hotmail.com
Publication history:
Received 28 Jul 2023
Revised 01 Oct 2023
Accepted 17 Nov 2023
Published online 14 Feb 2024
Published in print 16 Apr 2024
Almemari A, Buhumaid R. Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. SJEMed. 2024; 5(2): 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari A, Buhumaid R. Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. https://sjemed.com/?mno=162878 [Access: September 07, 2024]. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari A, Buhumaid R. Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. SJEMed. 2024; 5(2): 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari A, Buhumaid R. Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. SJEMed. (2024), [cited September 07, 2024]; 5(2): 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari, A. & Buhumaid, . R. (2024) Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. SJEMed, 5 (2), 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari, Ayesha, and Rasha Buhumaid. 2024. Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 5 (2), 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari, Ayesha, and Rasha Buhumaid. "Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.." Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine 5 (2024), 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari, Ayesha, and Rasha Buhumaid. "Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.." Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine 5.2 (2024), 124-127. Print. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102
Almemari, A. & Buhumaid, . R. (2024) Validity of Using Still Images for Written Competency Assessments for Point-of-Care Ultrasound among Non-Radiologists-pilot study.. Saudi Journal of Emergency Medicine, 5 (2), 124-127. doi:
10.24911/SJEMed.72-1690546102