Evaluation of Implementation of a National Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training Program
Completed
Conditions studied: Other Acute Illnesses Presenting to the Hospital, Heart Failure, Pneumonia, Deep Venous Thrombosis, Cellulitis, Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm, Acute Cholecystitis, Peritoneal Free Fluid, Hydronephrosis, Pleural Effusion, Urinary Retention
In brief
This VA QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative will evaluate the impact of an immersive Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) Training Course on provider skill acquisition and retention; the frequency of POCUS use by trained providers; and the barriers/facilitators to POCUS in the VHA. Data sources include pre- and post-course assessment tools, medical coding data, and course evaluations. Providers that participate in the POCUS Training Course will be compared to control providers from wait-listed facilities. Additionally, participating facilities vs. wait-listed facilities for the POCUS Training Course will be compared. Findings from this project will guide ongoing efforts of the investigators' operating partners, VA Specialty Care Centers of Innovation (SCCI) and the VA Simulation Learning and Research Network (SimLEARN), to develop a national POCUS training program and facilitate implementation of POCUS use system-wide in the VA healthcare system.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03296280
- Run by
- VA Office of Research and Development
- People needed
- 116
- Starts
- 2016-10-03
- Expected to finish
- 2020-09-30
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-11-23
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Selection of VA facilities invited to participate in the national POCUS training course was based on data from a national needs assessment conducted by the VA's Health Analysis and Information Group. VA facilities that meet all of the following inclusion criteria are eligible to send physicians to participate in the POCUS training course:
- Chief of staff desires POCUS training for his/her facility
- >=2 Service Chiefs from emergency medicine, critical care medicine, or hospital medicine desire training for his/her physicians, AND
- >=1 portable ultrasound machine(s) available to physicians within these services
You may not qualify if…
- Chief of staff does not desire POCUS training for his/her facility
- <2 Service Chiefs from emergency medicine, critical care medicine, or hospital medicine desire training for his/her physicians, OR
- No portable ultrasound machine(s) available to physicians within these services
Where it is running
- South Texas Health Care System, San Antonio, TX — San Antonio, Texas, United States
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