RT Journal Article
T1 Basic Abdominal Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in the Undergraduate
A1 García De Casasola Sánchez, Gonzalo
A1 García Sánchez, Francisco Javier
A1 Luordo, Davide
A1 Forrester Zapata, Deborah
A1 Carnevali Frías, María
A1 Villena Garrido, María Victoria
A1 Villanueva Martínez, Javier
A1 Forero de la Sotilla, Alberto
A1 Casas Rojo, Jose Manuel
A1 Torres Macho, 
A1 Torres Macho, Juan
AB Objectives: To analyze the ability of medical students to be integrated in the teaching of basic abdominal ultrasound using a peer-mentoring design.Methods: Thirty medical students previously trained in basic abdominal ultrasound (mentors) had to teach all fourth-year students (n = 136) from a single academic year the same training they had received. There were 3 stages to the ultrasound teaching: theoretical (online course); basic training (3 practical sessions in which students were guaranteed to have had a minimum of 15 hours of practical experience with ultrasound and performed at least 20 basic abdominal ultrasound studies); and evaluation (objective structured clinical examination in which students had to obtain the basic abdominal views and to identify 17 structures).Results: The mean grade ± SD obtained was 8.71 ± 1.53 of a possible 10 points. Only 2 students (1.56%) obtained a grade lower than 5, and 14 students (10.86%) obtained a grade lower than 7. A total of 33 students (25.5%) achieved the maximum grade. The structures most easily identified were the liver, the right kidney, and the urinary bladder, with 97.7% of correct answers. Students obtained the poorest results when trying to identify the left and right cardiac cavities (subxiphoid view), with only 53.5% and 55.8% of correct answers, respectively.Conclusions: Teaching based on peer mentoring achieved an adequate level of training in basic abdominal ultrasound. The students acquired these skills in a relatively short training period. These results suggest that peer mentoring can facilitate the large-scale implementation of ultrasound teaching in undergraduate students.
PB Wiley
YR 2015
FD 2015-11-23
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122241
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/122241
LA eng
NO Garcia-Casasola G, Sánchez FJ, Luordo D, Zapata DF, Frías MC, Garrido VV, Martínez JV, de la Sotilla AF, Rojo JM, Macho JT. Basic Abdominal Point-of-Care Ultrasound Training in the Undergraduate: Students as Mentors. J Ultrasound Med. 2016 Nov;35(11):2483-2489. doi: 10.7863/ultra.15.11068. Epub 2016 Oct 13. PMID: 27738292
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 jul 2025