Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education
Abstract Student ultrasound education (SUSE) is currently composed of heterogeneous curricular training formats, and new approaches are continually being explored to enhance undergraduate ultrasound training. Based on a literature review, this report aims to analyze and compare different forms and m...
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| author | Ricarda Neubauer Florian Recker Johannes Weimer Christian Jenssen Dieter Nürnberg Thomas Karlas Susan Campbell Westerway Johannes P. Ruppert Nils Daum Anna Gschmack Yi Dong Kathleen Möller Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi Gregor Barth Roxana Şirli Claudia Lucius Michael Prats Sophie-Luise Sänger Michael Keil Constantinos Zervides Beatrice Hoffmann Christoph F. Dietrich |
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| description | Abstract Student ultrasound education (SUSE) is currently composed of heterogeneous curricular training formats, and new approaches are continually being explored to enhance undergraduate ultrasound training. Based on a literature review, this report aims to analyze and compare different forms and methods of assessment of acquired skills in ultrasound training. Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of assessment formats and certification systems used in SUSE were discussed collaboratively between medical students, postgraduate physicians, and medical didactics experts. Ultrasound competency should be tested using structured examination formats that are objective and standardized. In addition to cognitive skills, the examination format should cover translational and behavioral components. Self-assessments and evaluations provide additional valuable perspectives. Certification systems can contribute to quality assurance by externally ensuring the achievement of milestones in SUSE. They also have the potential to support the necessary standardization of undergraduate ultrasound teaching by aligning the curricular learning objectives with qualifications to be achieved. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1b3db4c2d2ee4b22b7dfa924e8fb38712025-08-20T02:37:14ZengBMCBMC Medical Education1472-69202025-06-0125111110.1186/s12909-025-07469-0Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound educationRicarda Neubauer0Florian Recker1Johannes Weimer2Christian Jenssen3Dieter Nürnberg4Thomas Karlas5Susan Campbell Westerway6Johannes P. Ruppert7Nils Daum8Anna Gschmack9Yi Dong10Kathleen Möller11Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi12Gregor Barth13Roxana Şirli14Claudia Lucius15Michael Prats16Sophie-Luise Sänger17Michael Keil18Constantinos Zervides19Beatrice Hoffmann20Christoph F. Dietrich21Department of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital BonnDepartment of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital BonnRudolf-Frey Teaching Department, Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University MainzDepartment of Internal Medicine, Krankenhaus Märkisch OderlandFaculty of Health Science Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor FontaneDepartment of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Leipzig University Medical CenterSchool of Dentistry & Health Sciences, Charles Sturt University AustraliaJustus-Liebig-UniversityAnesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Charité Universitätsmedizin BerlinJustus-Liebig-UniversityDepartment of Ultrasound, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiaotong University School of MedicineGastroenterology, Sana Hospital LichtenbergHospital for General Paediatrics and Neonatology, Saarland University Medical CenterDepartment of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, University Hospital Brandenburg, Brandenburg Medical School Theodor FontaneDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Center for Advanced Research in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, “Victor Babeș” University of Medicine and PharmacyOutpatient Department of Gastroenterology, IBD center, Policlinic Helios Klinikum BuchDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Division of Ultrasound, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical CenterFaculty of Medicine, Technische Universität DresdenJohann Wolfgang Goethe UniversityCZMH Medical Physics and Dosimetry Services LTDDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical SchoolJohann Wolfgang Goethe UniversityAbstract Student ultrasound education (SUSE) is currently composed of heterogeneous curricular training formats, and new approaches are continually being explored to enhance undergraduate ultrasound training. Based on a literature review, this report aims to analyze and compare different forms and methods of assessment of acquired skills in ultrasound training. Therefore, the advantages and disadvantages of assessment formats and certification systems used in SUSE were discussed collaboratively between medical students, postgraduate physicians, and medical didactics experts. Ultrasound competency should be tested using structured examination formats that are objective and standardized. In addition to cognitive skills, the examination format should cover translational and behavioral components. Self-assessments and evaluations provide additional valuable perspectives. Certification systems can contribute to quality assurance by externally ensuring the achievement of milestones in SUSE. They also have the potential to support the necessary standardization of undergraduate ultrasound teaching by aligning the curricular learning objectives with qualifications to be achieved.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07469-0Undergraduate ultrasound educationAssessmentCertification |
| spellingShingle | Ricarda Neubauer Florian Recker Johannes Weimer Christian Jenssen Dieter Nürnberg Thomas Karlas Susan Campbell Westerway Johannes P. Ruppert Nils Daum Anna Gschmack Yi Dong Kathleen Möller Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi Gregor Barth Roxana Şirli Claudia Lucius Michael Prats Sophie-Luise Sänger Michael Keil Constantinos Zervides Beatrice Hoffmann Christoph F. Dietrich Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education BMC Medical Education Undergraduate ultrasound education Assessment Certification |
| title | Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| title_full | Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| title_fullStr | Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| title_full_unstemmed | Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| title_short | Verifying learning success: assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| title_sort | verifying learning success assessment and certification of student ultrasound education |
| topic | Undergraduate ultrasound education Assessment Certification |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-025-07469-0 |
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