Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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To determine if a focused transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) training course would improve the accuracy of completion and interpretation of a goal-directed TTE by emergency medicine residents. ⋯ A focused six-hour echocardiography training course significantly improved emergency medicine residents' percentage scores on both written and practical examinations testing essential components required for correct goal-directed TTE performance and interpretation.