Pia Iben Pietersen, MD, defended the PhD thesis entitled “Education, training and assessment in clinical thoracic ultrasound” on February 28^th, 2020

Several guidelines and training recommendations have been established in order to ensure competence of the clinical ultrasound operators. The guidelines are often arbitrary and fixed, e. g. the trainee must perform specific number of examinations under supervision and attend a specific hour theoretical course. There are no evidence behinds these fixed numbers, and this method does not ensure competence of the operators because of individuals’ different learning paces, previous experience with ultrasound, 3D understanding, and eye-hand coordination. Additionally, the numbers and requirements differ widely from one society/federation to another.

Publication History

Article published online:
08 June 2020