Continuing Education to Equip Sonographers as Interprofessional Point‐Of‐Care Ultrasound Educators: A Mixed Methods Study.
Introduction: Point‐of‐care ultrasound has become an essential tool in critical care medicine. The provision of adequate ultrasound training is one of the most significant barriers to point‐of‐care ultrasound adoption. Sonographers are a valuable resource for ultrasound training but often lack suppo...
| Publicado en: | Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 1 - 14 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
May2026
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=194056071&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 194056071 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 18366864 K25I jtl: Australasian Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine issn: 18366864 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: May2026 vid: 29 iid: 2 pid: 480 pub: Wiley-Blackwell place: Malden, Massachusetts artinfo: ui: 194056071 194056071 194056071 10.1002/ajum.70041 194056071 ppf: 1 ppct: 13 formats: tig: atl: Continuing Education to Equip Sonographers as Interprofessional Point‐Of‐Care Ultrasound Educators: A Mixed Methods Study. aug: au: Cormack, Carolynne Childs, Jessie McCann, Jo Cullen, Tina Douglas, Jo Rasheed, Emilie MacLean, Alastair Feeny, Patrick Peters, Nathan Zollo, Cris Lokuge, Amaali Bridgford, Lindsay Manivel, Vijay Kennedy‐Smith, Elissa Yang, Yang Kent, Fiona affil: Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia sug: subj: Ultrasound Technologists Education Point-of-Care Testing Education Curriculum Development Professional Development Education, Interdisciplinary Ultrasonography Education Physicians Education Critical Care Human Multimethod Studies Pilot Studies Collaboration Funding Source Education, Clinical Online Education Pretest-Posttest Design Faculty Data Analysis Software Feedback Descriptive Statistics Paired T-Tests Content Analysis Confidence Evaluation Professional Competence Evaluation Course Content Work Experiences Australia New Zealand Support, Psychosocial ab: Introduction: Point‐of‐care ultrasound has become an essential tool in critical care medicine. The provision of adequate ultrasound training is one of the most significant barriers to point‐of‐care ultrasound adoption. Sonographers are a valuable resource for ultrasound training but often lack support and formal recognition of their role as educators. This paper describes a short course to equip sonographers for interprofessional ultrasound teaching. Methods: A continuing education course was collaboratively developed by a faculty of sonographers and physicians from Australia and New Zealand. Hybrid delivery included online learning modules and an interactive skills day. The content focused on increasing sonographer knowledge of ultrasound integration and skills teaching in critical care settings. Pre‐ and post‐course evaluation of participant knowledge and confidence was conducted. Faculty feedback was also sought. Results: Twenty‐three general and cardiac sonographers participated in the course. Self‐rated confidence showed significant post‐course increase for 93% (14/15) ultrasound teaching competency items (p < 0.05). Qualitative analysis of participant and faculty feedback comments was predominantly positive. Participants reported the course was well‐organised, engaging and valuable for their professional development. Discussion: The course involved multiple stakeholders with the aim to benefit the wider ultrasound community. It recognised the valuable contribution sonographers can make as ultrasound educators and provided educational support for sonographers transitioning to interprofessional teaching roles. Conclusion: A collaboratively designed course for sonographers has successfully been piloted, demonstrating positive results. This continuing education course is the first of its kind to equip sonographers for interprofessional ultrasound teaching in critical care settings. Summary Statement: What is already known about this topic? ○Sonographers can make valuable contributions to interprofessional ultrasound training.○Currently, there is a lack of training and support for sonographers in this educator role.What this paper adds ○A collaboratively developed continuing education course has successfully been piloted and evaluated.○It equipped sonographers for point‐of‐care ultrasound teaching of critical care physicians.The implications of this paper ○This continuing education resource is the first to equip sonographer educators for interprofessional point‐of‐care ultrasound teaching in critical care settings.○It engages multiple stakeholders and benefits the wider ultrasound community via a shared educational resource. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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