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- Title
Commentary: Integrating Diagnostic Ultrasound into Athletic Training Education Programs.
- Authors
Kellie C. Huxel Bliven; Anderson, Barton E.; Makin, Inder Raj S.
- Abstract
Context: The use of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is increasingly becoming a standard of care for sports medicine and orthopedic physicians. As such, there will be increased demand for athletic trainers to have knowledge and skills in diagnostic ultrasound. Objective: To provide key considerations for integration of diagnostic ultrasound into athletic training education and address challenges and barriers to such integration. Background: Advancements in designing portable, user-friendly ultrasound units have enabled clinicians to perform POCUS as an adjunct to the physical exam, resulting in improved patient care. Increased demands for POCUS across medicine have prompted medical schools to integrate diagnostic ultrasound throughout the curriculum, providing athletic training education programs a framework to consider within their curriculum. Synthesis: Integrating diagnostic ultrasound throughout the curriculum provides focused experiences to prepare, conduct, and link imaging to clinical and physical exam skills. Diagnostic ultrasound has a role in visualizing structures in an anatomy course, as an adjunct to physical exam in medical conditions, orthopedic exam, and diagnosis courses, and as a visual feedback tool in rehabilitation courses, thus enabling it to be integrated throughout existing curriculum. Barriers to diagnostic ultrasound include cost, time, and faculty expertise. Results: Cost sharing or use of ultrasound simulators can overcome cost barriers. Use of online educational modules to deliver content virtually is effective and allows face-to-face time to be spent in hands-on experiential learning. Finally, developing interprofessional partnerships to ''teach the teacher'' is an effective model in teaching faculty about diagnostic ultrasound. Recommendation(s): Educational programs should consider ways to overcome barriers and integrate diagnostic ultrasound into curriculum equipping future athletic trainers with knowledge and skills for POCUS, thus increasing their effectiveness on a health care team. Conclusion(s): Proactive integration of diagnostic ultrasound into athletic training education will equip graduates to add value to a health care team.
- Subjects
ABILITY; ANATOMY; COMPUTER assisted instruction; CURRICULUM planning; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; CURRICULUM; INTERDISCIPLINARY education; MEDICAL school faculty; PHYSICAL diagnosis; ULTRASONIC imaging; TRAINING; TRAINING of athletic trainers; POINT-of-care testing; TEACHING methods; WORK experience (Employment)
- Publication
Athletic Training Education Journal (Allen Press Publishing Services Inc.), 2018, Vol 13, Issue 4, p367
- ISSN
1947-380X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4085/1304367