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Table 2 Summary of assessment method of published POCUS UME Curricula

From: Point-of-Care-ultrasound in undergraduate medical education: a scoping review of assessment methods

Assessment method

Articles with assessment, n

Multiple Choice questions, short answers, pictorial, or case-based questions (assessment of knowledge)

80

OSCE

25

Technical Skill Examination (including producing images) excluding OSCE

105

OSCE and Other Technical Skill Examination (including producing images)

2

Skill assessment on simulator, phantom, animal model, virtual model, or cadaver

50

Assessment with standardized patients or peers

66

Assessment of patients

32

Retention assessed (greater than 1 day)

98

  1. Articles often used more than one assessment method
  2. POCUS Point-of-Care-Ultrasound, UME Undergraduate Medical Education, OSCE Objective Structured Clinical Examination
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