Beyond Bones: Assessing Whether Ultrasound-Aided Instruction and Practice Improve Unassisted Soft Tissue Palpation Skills of First-Year Medical Students.

Bryant J WalrodLaura C BoucherMark J ConroyKendra L McCameyClinton A HartzDavid P WayMichael A JonescoSteven AlbrechtaMarcia BockbraderDavid P Bahner

Published in: Journal of ultrasound in medicine : official journal of the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (2018)

Time and practice viewing soft tissue structures with US assistance seems to have a "palpation-with-eyes" effect that improves students' abilities to correctly locate, palpate, and identify limb-specific soft tissue structures once the US assistance is removed.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
medical students
primary care
healthcare
high resolution
magnetic resonance imaging
quality improvement
optical coherence tomography
mass spectrometry
computed tomography
contrast enhanced ultrasound
cataract surgery