Heloisa Resende, Taiane F Rebelatto, Gustavo Werutsky, Gustavo Gossling, Vinícius Q Aguiar, Guilherme M C Lopes, Biazi R de Assis, Lilian Arruda, Carlos H Barrios
Current scenario and future perspectives of clinical research in Brazil: a national survey
Ecancermedicalscience
differentiating cardiovascular causes dyspnea resourcelimited healthcare settings challenging use easytotrain pointofcare focused cardiac ultrasound focus protocols may potentially alleviate challenge novices attain competency focus use training using cardiac ultrasound resourcelimited settings curls protocol quasiexperimental study conducted kenyatta national hospital nairobi kenya fortyfive graduate medical preinterns novices cardiac ultrasound received simulated didactic handson focus skills training using curls protocol 2018 european association cardiovascular imaging eacvi focus training competence assessment recommendations competency assessed image interpretation image acquisition image quality aggregate image interpretation competency attained n 38 84 trainees median score 80 proportion trainees attaining categoryspecific image interpretation competency follows pericardial effusion n 44 98 left atrial enlargement n 40 89 cardiomyopathy n 38 84 left ventricular hypertrophy n 37 82 right ventricular enlargement n 29 64 image acquisition skills competency attained n 36 80 trainees threequarters traineeobtained images good quality majority trainees attained competency training constraints limit generalizability findings