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NCT Number: NCT06960837

Ultrasound Simulation Case-based Workshop Implementation and Impact Assessment

This study is a prospective cohort study implementing a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) simulation case-based workshop in emergency (EM) physicians at different training levels as an educational and competency-based assessment tool. The investigators incorporate elements of Miller's pyramid (second and third levels of "knows how" and "shows how") and the latter part of Kern's six step model framework for curriculum development (intervention implementation and student assessment, program evaluation, and feedback). The investigators will compare pre-/post-workshop knowledge and post-OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam) technical skills scores. The investigators will also collect demographic data on baseline POCUS scans completed, training level, interest in ultrasound fellowship, monthly performed clinical POCUS scans, etc. The standardized simulation cases for EM POCUS training can then be generalized for use at any program globally to improve clinical training and patient care.

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Duke University Health System

Durham, North Carolina, 27703, United States

Location status: Recruiting

Location contact

Abha Singh

CONTACT

[email protected]

919-668-8700

Rebecca G Theophanous, MD, MHSc

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Emergency medicine physicians

Exclusion criteria

  • Emergency medicine nurses
  • Emergency medicine technicians
  • Advanced practice providers (APPs)

Treatment and study plan

ultrasound simulation training case-based workshop during resident sim days

Behavioral

Using the CAE Vimedix ultrasound simulator or standardized patient, a patient stem will be read or video shown to an individual participant. The participant will have 10 minutes to discuss the scenario and scan the simulator/patient. Participants will verbalize their findings and receive additional information, including diagnostic tests or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) videos, as they proceed through the case. They will be scored using a standardized rubric. For Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) testing, two independent raters, both with ultrasound fellowship training, one known to the participants and one unknown to the participants, will observe and rate the participant on a simulated POCUS case using the already published OSCE tool. The rater will read a brief standardized stem, and the participant will have 10 minutes to complete the station.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in knowledge exam score

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

    Assessing the impact of the POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) simulation workshop to improve training for clinical diagnostic thought processes.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Ultrasound Competency Assessment Tool (UCAT) score

    Time frame: 12 months

    Assessing the impact of the POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) simulation workshop to improve training for clinical diagnostic thought processes.

  2. Number of POCUS (point-of-care ultrasound) exams performed per participant

    Time frame: 12 months

    Collected via electronic health records.

  3. Change in quality assurance score

    Time frame: Baseline to 12 months

Study contacts

Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.

Rebecca G Theophanous, MD, MHSc

CONTACT

[email protected]

919-681-6091

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Duke University

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Registry information

Acronym: US Sim cases

Important dates

Study start
2025
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
May 7, 2025
Registry last updated
Jun 3, 2026

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