Jurnal Internasional vol.12 issue 1 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era
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Title
Jurnal Internasional vol.12 issue 1 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era
Subject
Telemedicine
Ultrasound
Mentorship
Skills
Low-resource
Ultrasound
Mentorship
Skills
Low-resource
Description
Telemedicine has emerged as a valuable tool for medical training, now more than ever. It involves exchanging
healthcare or healthcare information digitally across large distances. This form of teaching has become more
common due to significant advances in communication technology and increased access to the internet at more
affordable costs. Isolated and poorly staffed areas are now able to access specialist review, mentorship, educa-
tional materials, and general support more efficiently than before. Typically, telemedicine is used to deliver
didactic sessions and lectures and not skill sharing or training exercises. While ultrasonography is a skill typically
taught at the bedside, we face a global pandemic where patient safety and standard operating procedures are
prohibitive of this teaching model. Our team sought to have a practical session to determine whether practical
skills can be taught through virtual training workshops as a way to mitigate these constraints. Practical stations
were set up, with each station hosting an independent skill. The aim of the session was to introduce the topics to
learners, to have learners visualize how the scans can be done with local setup and lastly perform these scans on
volunteers to the satisfaction of the supervisors. Skills such as performing ocular ultrasound, gallbladder eval-
uation, and aortic aneurysm assessment were carried out on volunteers under a virtual supervisor's direction at
all stations. The topics were chosen based on a previous needs assessment, and participants reported great
satisfaction from the session. Ultrasound provides an excellent opportunity for virtual skill-based training,
mentorship and trainee support. This commentary is directed at mostly low resource African countries with
nascent Emergency Medicine programs. It also applies to organizations that support remote ultrasound skills
training for emergency care providers and those that run emergency care outreach programs. These principles
may also apply for other lower resource settings outside of Africa.
healthcare or healthcare information digitally across large distances. This form of teaching has become more
common due to significant advances in communication technology and increased access to the internet at more
affordable costs. Isolated and poorly staffed areas are now able to access specialist review, mentorship, educa-
tional materials, and general support more efficiently than before. Typically, telemedicine is used to deliver
didactic sessions and lectures and not skill sharing or training exercises. While ultrasonography is a skill typically
taught at the bedside, we face a global pandemic where patient safety and standard operating procedures are
prohibitive of this teaching model. Our team sought to have a practical session to determine whether practical
skills can be taught through virtual training workshops as a way to mitigate these constraints. Practical stations
were set up, with each station hosting an independent skill. The aim of the session was to introduce the topics to
learners, to have learners visualize how the scans can be done with local setup and lastly perform these scans on
volunteers to the satisfaction of the supervisors. Skills such as performing ocular ultrasound, gallbladder eval-
uation, and aortic aneurysm assessment were carried out on volunteers under a virtual supervisor's direction at
all stations. The topics were chosen based on a previous needs assessment, and participants reported great
satisfaction from the session. Ultrasound provides an excellent opportunity for virtual skill-based training,
mentorship and trainee support. This commentary is directed at mostly low resource African countries with
nascent Emergency Medicine programs. It also applies to organizations that support remote ultrasound skills
training for emergency care providers and those that run emergency care outreach programs. These principles
may also apply for other lower resource settings outside of Africa.
Creator
Commentary
Source
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.afjem.2021.10.004
Date
8 October 2021
Contributor
peri irawan
Format
pdf
Language
english
Type
text
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Citation
Commentary, “Jurnal Internasional vol.12 issue 1 2022
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1862.
African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Ultrasound virtual skills based workshop: An African experience in the COVID era,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed February 5, 2025, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/1862.