Self-assessment and learning motivation in emergency point-of-care ultrasound: an online pilot investigation in German physicians
The absence of overconfidence effects, the complexity of learning motivation and their interaction show that prior findings in other contexts may not be easily transferable to POCUS and could be highly context-sensitive. In conclusion, this study highlights high levels of learning motivation but relatively low diagnostic accuracy in POCUS, which suggests the need for ongoing education and assessment. Ensuring that physicians continue to receive objective feedback and opportunities to refine their skills is critical for maintaining high standards of care. Despite the small sample size and other limitations of the study, the results primarily served to generate hypotheses for future research on emergency ultrasound education.
Authors
- Matthias Bollinger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3134-1425)
- Bianka Gerber
- Ronny Langenhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7207-6720)
- Stefan Bushuven (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6272-0714)
- Stefanie Bentele
- Milena Trifunovic-Koenig (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7545-2640)
- Joachim Bansbach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9769-5547)
- Michael Bentele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-6352)
Institutions
- Witten/Herdecke University (DE)
- University of Freiburg (DE)
- University Medical Center Freiburg (DE)
- University Hospital Augsburg (DE)
- LMU Klinikum (DE)
- Nürtingen-Geislingen University of Applied Science (DE)
- Infection Prevention Society (GB)
- Hegau-Bodensee-Klinikum Singen (DE)
- Klinikum Chemnitz (DE)
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (DE)
- Furtwangen University (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01154-z
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Radiology practices and education
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.81