Annals of emergency medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Comparison of Web-versus classroom-based basic ultrasonographic and EFAST training in 2 European hospitals.
Training physicians in new skills through classroom-based teaching has inherent cost and time constraints. We seek to evaluate whether Web-based didactics result in similar knowledge improvement and retention of basic ultrasonographic principles and the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (EFAST) compared with the traditional method. ⋯ Web-based learning provides the potential to teach physicians with greater flexibility than classroom instruction. Our data suggest that Web-based ultrasonography and EFAST didactics are comparable to traditional classroom lectures and result in similar knowledge retention.