Recruiting

POCUS Training

Sponsor:

Duke University

Code:

NCT06960837

Conditions

Point-of-care Ultrasound

Simulation Training

Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

ultrasound simulation training case-based workshop during resident sim days

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study is a prospective cohort study implementing a point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) simulation case-based workshop in emergency (EM) physicians at different training levels as an educational and competency-based assessment tool. The investigators incorporate elements of Miller's pyramid (second and third levels of "knows how" and "shows how") and the latter part of Kern's six step model framework for curriculum development (intervention implementation and student assessment, program evaluation, and feedback). The investigators will compare pre-/post-workshop knowledge and post-OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Exam) technical skills scores. The investigators will also collect demographic data on baseline POCUS scans completed, training level, interest in ultrasound fellowship, monthly performed clinical POCUS scans, etc. The standardized simulation cases for EM POCUS training can then be generalized for use at any program globally to improve clinical training and patient care.

Conditions

Point-of-care Ultrasound

Simulation Training

Medical Education in Emergency Ultrasound

Study ID

NCT06960837

Start date

Mar 6, 2025

Status verified date

Jun, 2026

Completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Emergency medicine physicians

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Emergency medicine nurses
  • Emergency medicine technicians
  • Advanced practice providers (APPs)

Study Design

Enrollment

100 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Diagnostic

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Emergency (EM) Physicians

EM physicians will participate in a standardized simulation encounter during simulation days, resident conference, or faculty development sessions.

Interventions

ultrasound simulation training case-based workshop during resident sim days

Using the CAE Vimedix ultrasound simulator or standardized patient, a patient stem will be read or video shown to an individual participant. The participant will have 10 minutes to discuss the scenario and scan the simulator/patient. Participants will verbalize their findings and receive additional information, including diagnostic tests or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) videos, as they proceed through the case. They will be scored using a standardized rubric. For Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE) testing, two independent raters, both with ultrasound fellowship training, one known to the participants and one unknown to the participants, will observe and rate the participant on a simulated POCUS case using the already published OSCE tool. The rater will read a brief standardized stem, and the participant will have 10 minutes to complete the station.

Primary outcome measure

  • Change in knowledge exam score [ Time Frame: Baseline to 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Rebecca G Theophanous, MD, MHSc

919-681-6091rebecca.theophanous@duke.edu

Locations

Duke University Health System

Recruiting

Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27703

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Rebecca G Theophanous, MD, MHSc

More Information

Sponsor

Duke University

Last update posted

Jun 3, 2026

Last verified

Jun, 2026

Keywords

  • point-of-care ultrasound
  • simulation training
  • medical education

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Duke University on 2026-06-03.