Using ultrasound to teach medical students cardiac physiology

American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education - Tập 39 Số 4 - Trang 392-396 - 2015
Floyd E. Bell1,2, L. Britt Wilson3, Richard Hoppmann4,2
1Department of Radiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina;
2Ultrasound Institute, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina; and
3Department of Physiology, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina;
4Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina

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Ultrasound is being incorporated more into undergraduate medical education. Studies have shown that medical students have positive perceptions about the value of ultrasound in teaching courses like anatomy and physiology. The purpose of the present study was to provide objective evidence of whether ultrasound helps students learn cardiac physiology. In this study, 20 medical students took a pretest to assess their background knowledge of cardiac physiology. Next, they acquired ultrasound video loops of the heart. Faculty members taught them nonelectrical aspects of cardiac physiology using those loops. Finally, students took a posttest to evaluate for improvements in their knowledge. Students also completed an anonymous questionnaire about their experience. The mean pretest score was 4.8 of 9 (53.3%). The mean posttest score was 7.35 of 9 (81.7%). The mean difference was significant at P < 0.0001. Student feedback was very positive about the ultrasound laboratory. Ninety-five percent of the students agreed or strongly agreed that the ultrasound laboratory was a valuable teaching tool and that it improved their understanding of cardiac physiology. All students agreed or strongly agreed the laboratory was helpful from a visual learning standpoint. A hands-on ultrasound laboratory can indeed help medical students learn the nonelectrical components of cardiac physiology.

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American Journal of Physiology - Advances in Physiology Education

Tập 39 Số 4

392-396

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