[Virtual training of practical competences in sonography]
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- DOI: 10.1007/s00106-024-01476-1
[Virtual training of practical competences in sonography]
Abstract
Objective: During the COVID-19 pandemic, a particular challenge in the transition to digital teaching was to teach practical skills such as sonography of the head and neck online. The aim of this study was to validate the digital sonography course for medical students established at the Freiburg University Hospital ENT Department.
Methods: Participants were 178 students of human medicine. The study group simulated the sonography examination at home with a dummy transducer using the Peyton method under the guidance of a tutor via video seminar. In a subsequent learning success check, the results of the students in the online course were compared with those of the control group, who learned sonography in the classroom.
Results: Students of the online course achieved comparable results to the classroom group.
Conclusion: This study shows that practical skills which require extensive equipment such as a sonography machine can be taught to a certain extent digitally or at least in a hybrid form.
Zusammenfassung: ZIELSETZUNG: Während der COVID-19-Pandemie bestand eine besondere Herausforderung bei der Umstellung auf den digitalen Unterricht darin, praktische Fertigkeiten wie die Sonographie der Kopf- und Halsweichteile online zu vermitteln. Ziel dieser Studie war es, den an der Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Freiburg etablierten digitalen Sonographie-Kurs für Studierende der Humanmedizin zu validieren.
Methoden: Teilnehmende waren 178 Studierende der Humanmedizin. Die Studiengruppe simulierte die Sonographie-Untersuchung zu Hause mit einer Schallkopfattrappe anhand der Peyton-Methode unter Anleitung eines Tutors per Videoseminar. In einer anschließenden Lernerfolgskontrolle wurden die Ergebnisse der Studierenden des Online-Kurses mit der Kontrollgruppe verglichen, welche die Sonographie im Präsenzunterricht lernte.
Ergebnisse: Die Studierenden des Online-Kurses konnten vergleichbare Ergebnisse zur Präsenzgruppe erzielen.
Schlussfolgerung: Die Studie zeigt, dass praktische Fertigkeiten, die eine umfangreiche Ausrüstung wie ein Sonographiegerät erfordern, bis zu einem gewissen Grad digital oder zumindest in einer hybriden Form vermittelt werden können.
Keywords: Digital technology; Medical students; Online learning; Simulation training; Teaching.
© 2024. The Author(s).
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