title: Impact of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians' clinical examination preparation on basic physician trainee assessment of jugular venous pressure.
abstract: Australian internal medicine trainees undergo intensive training in preparation for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical examination. Trainees preparing for the 2013 RACP clinical examination assessed the jugular venous pressure (JVP) of patients, with central venous pressure monitoring in the intensive care unit before and after the exam. RACP clinical examination preparation was associated with improvements of trainees' ability to identify JVP that were not elevated, although the JVP examination was performed marginally as a diagnostic test. Ongoing training might further improve this skill.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Sibbin
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. biharishailesh@gmail.com.|Department of Critical Care Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. biharishailesh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bihari
authors.affiliation: Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002496:Central Venous Pressure; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education*; D007601:Jugular Veins; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D010808:Physical Examination / Q000592:standards*; D010820:Physicians / Q000592:standards*
keywords: Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP); basic physician trainees (BPT); body mass index (BMI); central venous catheters (CVC); central venous pressure (CVP); jugular venous pressure (JVP)