title: Resident-Perceived Benefit of a Diagnostic and Interventional Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Curriculum: A Multifaceted Approach Using Independent Study, Peer Teaching, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration.
abstract: Musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) training is now a required component of physiatry residency, but formal curriculum guidelines are not yet required or established. The authors' objective was to assess the educational value of a collaborative residency MSUS training program. The authors designed a structured MSUS training curriculum for residents based on the authors' experience and previous literature. Twenty-five residents participated in this MSUS curriculum designed by faculty and chief residents. Resident volunteers were trained by the faculty as "table trainers" who taught their peers in small groups. Hands-on MSUS training sessions were led by a Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation faculty MSUS expert. A Likert scale-formatted questionnaire assessed resident-perceived value of the curriculum. Response rate was 96% (22 of 23). Self-reported MSUS knowledge comparing precurriculum and postcurriculum implementation resulted in significant improvement (P = 0.001). Peer teaching was highly valued, with 86% of residents rating it "very" or "extremely" beneficial (mean [SD] score, 3.9 [1.1]). Self-guided learning, by supplemental scanning and reading, was rated "beneficial" or "very beneficial" by 73% of residents (3.0 [0.7]). The authors' successful pilot program may serve as a teaching model for other residency programs.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (JL, IS, JB-S); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee (NBJ); Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (MJK); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Kessler Institute of Rehabilitation/Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey (JD); and New England Rehabilitation Hospital of Portland, Portland, Maine (PG).
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Luz
authors.forename: Imran
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Siddiqui
authors.forename: Nitin B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Minna J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kohler
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gerrard
authors.forename: Joanne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borg-Stein
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010810:Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine / Q000193:education*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional