From: Echocardiography training for cardiac surgery residents: results of a Canadian needs assessment
Training objectives | Professional Role | |||||||
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Overall | Cardiac surgery residents (N = 38) | Cardiologists (N = 15) | Cardiac surgery directors and surgeons (N = 36) | |||||
N | % | N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Recognition of relevant cardiac anatomy including cardiac chambers, valves, pericardium, and aorta | 88 | 98.9 | 38 | 100.0 | 14 | 93.3 | 36 | 100.0 |
Estimation of the systolic function | 85 | 95.5 | 37 | 97.4 | 12 | 80.0 | 36 | 100.0 |
Knowledge of the limitations of focused echocardiography | 84 | 94.4 | 37 | 97.4 | 12 | 80.0 | 35 | 97.2 |
Recognition of relevant focused findings to detect pericardial effusions | 83 | 93.3 | 37 | 97.4 | 13 | 86.7 | 33 | 91.7 |
Knowledge of the indications for focused echocardiography | 81 | 91.0 | 35 | 92.1 | 12 | 80.0 | 34 | 94.4 |
Recognition of relevant focused findings to detect cardiac tamponade | 81 | 91.0 | 36 | 94.7 | 12 | 80.0 | 33 | 91.7 |
Identification of marked ventricular enlargement | 77 | 86.5 | 33 | 86.8 | 12 | 80.0 | 32 | 88.9 |