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. 2014 November/December;21(6):341-345.
doi: 10.1155/2014/216591. Epub 2014 Sep 25.

Canadian recommendations for critical care ultrasound training and competency

Robert Arntfield, Scott Millington, Craig Ainsworth, Rakesh Arora, John Boyd, Gordon Finlayson, William Gallagher, Colin Gebhardt, Alberto Goffi, Edgar Hockman, Andrew Kirkpatrick, Robert McDermid, Jason Waechter, Natalie Wong, Samara Zavalkoff, Yanick Beaulieu

Canadian recommendations for critical care ultrasound training and competency

Robert Arntfield et al. Can Respir J. 2014 November/December.

Abstract
in English, French

Objective: To achieve national consensus on standards of training, quality assurance and maintenance of competence for critical care ultrasound for intensivists and critical care trainees in Canada using recently published international training statements.

Data sources: Existing internationally endorsed guidelines and expert opinion.

Data synthesis: In November 2013, a day-long consensus meeting was held with 15 Canadian experts in critical care ultrasound in which essential topics relevant to training ultrasound were discussed.

Conclusions: Consensus was achieved to direct training curriculum, oversight, quality assurance and maintenance of competence for critical care ultrasound. In providing the first national guideline of its kind, these Canadian recommendations may also serve as a model of critical care ultrasound dissemination for other countries.

OBJECTIF :: Obtenir un consensus national sur les normes de formation, d’assurance-qualité et de maintien des compétences sur les échographies en soins intensifs chez les intensivistes et les stagiaires en soins intensifs au Canada à l’aide de documents de principes internationaux publiés récemment.

SOURCES DES DONNÉES :: Directives et avis d’experts approuvés sur la scène internationale

SYNTHÈSE DES DONNÉES :: En novembre 2013, une réunion de consensus d’une journée a réuni 15 experts canadiens sur les échographies en soins intensifs au cours de laquelle ils ont traité de sujets essentiels liés à la formation sur les échographies.

CONCLUSIONS :: Les experts sont parvenus à un consensus sur le programme de formation directe, la supervision, l’assurance-qualité et le maintien des compétences sur les échographies en soins intensifs. Ces recommandations canadiennes, qui sont les premières directives nationales du genre, pourraient également servir de modèle de diffusion des données sur les échographies en soins intensifs dans d’autres pays.

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Proposed training pathway. ACCP Americal College of Chest Physicians; CCE Critical care echocardiography; GCCUS General critical care ultrasound; QA Quality assurance
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