EFSUMB statement on medical student education in ultrasound [short version]

V Cantisani; C F Dietrich; R Badea; S Dudea; H Prosch; E Cerezo; D Nuernberg; A L Serra; P S Sidhu; M Radzina; F Piscaglia; M Bachmann Nielsen; F Calliada; O H Gilja

doi:10.1055/s-0035-1566959

EFSUMB statement on medical student education in ultrasound [short version]

Ultraschall Med. 2016 Feb;37(1):100-2. doi: 10.1055/s-0035-1566959. Epub 2016 Feb 12.

Authors

V Cantisani¹, C F Dietrich², R Badea³, S Dudea⁴, H Prosch⁵, E Cerezo⁶, D Nuernberg⁷, A L Serra⁸, P S Sidhu⁹, M Radzina¹⁰, F Piscaglia¹¹, M Bachmann Nielsen¹², F Calliada¹³, O H Gilja¹⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiological Sciences, Oncology and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
² Medizinische Klinik 2, Caritas Krankenhaus Bad Mergentheim, Germany.
³ Department of Ultrasonography, 3rd Medical Clinic, Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Octavian Fodor; Imaging Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Iuliu Hatieganu, Cluj Napoca, Romania.
⁴ Radiology Dept. "Iuliu Hatieganu" Univ. Med. Pharm. Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
⁵ Dept. of Biomedical Imaging and Image-Guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna General Hospital, Austria.
⁶ Calle Francisco Silvela #124, lo 3 Madrid, Spain.
⁷ Department of Gastroenterology, Brandenburg University of Medicine Theodor Fontane, Neuruppin, Germany.
⁸ Department of Internal Medicine and Nephrology, Ultrasound Learning Center, Hirslanden Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland.
⁹ Department of Radiology, King's College Hospital, London, UK.
¹⁰ Diagnostic Radiology Institute, Paula Stradins Clinical University Hospital, Riga, Latvia.
¹¹ Unit of Internal Medicine, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna, Italy.
¹² Department of Radiology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
¹³ Department of Radiology. Policlinico San Matteo, University Hospital, Pavia, Italy.
¹⁴ National Centre for Ultrasound in Gastroenterology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen and Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Norway.

PMID: 26871409
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1566959

Abstract

The European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology (EFSUMB) recommends that ultrasound should be used systematically as an easy accessible and instructive educational tool in the curriculum of modern medical schools. Medical students should acquire theoretical knowledge of the modality and hands-on training should be implemented and adhere to evidence-based principles. In this paper we summarise EFSUMB policy statements on medical student education in ultrasound.

MeSH terms

Curriculum
Education, Medical*
Evidence-Based Medicine
Germany
Humans
Societies, Medical*
Ultrasonography*