title: Remote, Synchronous, Hands-On Ultrasound Education.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ultrasound has become a major diagnostic tool in many parts of the world, with broad clinical applications. Ultrasound provides a noninvasive, painless mode of diagnostics that produces instant results. Disseminating ultrasound skills to remote and rural communities has become a challenge for many medical schools, particularly those where distances are great and the density of population is low.
  
  
  METHODS
  The University of California, Irvine School of Medicine and the University of New England School of Rural Medicine in Australia piloted the use of dual video feeds in two scenarios: (1) to display the instructor's ultrasound feed and the instructor's transducer placement to provide guidance for remote students; and (2) to display side-by-side views of the instructor's and the remote student's ultrasound feeds to allow the instructor to guide the remote student in his or her transducer placement.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using high-speed broadband connections, the two schools demonstrated the feasibility of remote, synchronous, practical, and hands-on ultrasound training and instruction over international distances. This opens up a broad range of possibilities for future remote ultrasound education.
authors: 1 University of Southern Queensland , Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia .
authors: Stephen
authors: S
authors: Winn
authors: 2 University of New England School of Rural Medicine , Armidale, New South Wales, Australia .
authors: Peter
authors: P
authors: McKeown
authors: 3 University of California , Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
authors: Shahram
authors: S
authors: Lotfipour
authors: 4 University of California , Riverside School of Medicine, Riverside, California.
authors: Gerald A
authors: GA
authors: Maguire
authors: 3 University of California , Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
authors: Julie H
authors: JH
authors: Youm
authors: 3 University of California , Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
authors: Warren
authors: W
authors: Wiechmann
authors: 3 University of California , Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, California.
authors: J Christian
authors: JC
authors: Fox
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance; D006801:Humans; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019035:Rural Health Services; D013337:Students, Medical; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: medical education; remote; telementoring; ultrasound