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Student Perceptions of Instructional Ultrasound Videos as Preparation for a Practical Assessment 

Martin Altersberger, Philipp Pavelka, Alexander Sachs, Michael Weber, Michaela Wagner-Menghin, Helmut Prosch

DOI: 10.1055/a-1024-4573

Learning ultrasound early in the medical school curriculum helps students to understand anatomy and pathology and to perform defined ultrasound standard views. Instructional videos are a potentially valuable tool for improving the process of learning ultrasound skills. It was the aim of the present study to investigate how students perceived instructional videos as a learning aid, compared to other learning opportunities, in preparation for an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The videos were available to be used in preparation for the practical ultrasound examination, which was part of the objective structured clinical examination. The students’ perceptions of the instructional videos and other learning methods were surveyed using an online questionnaire.

Publication History

Article published online:
07 April 2020