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Focused thoracic ultrasound has become essential in the guidance and direction of pleural interventions to reduce unwanted complications and as a result now forms a crucial component of physician training. Current training standards along with assessment methods vary widely, and are often not robust enough to ensure adequate competence.This review assesses the current state of training and assessment of thoracic ultrasound competence in various settings, allowing comparison with alternative competency based programmes. Future directions for training and assessment of thoracic ultrasound competence are discussed.

Original publication

DOI

10.1183/16000617.0090-2019

Type

Journal article

Journal

European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society

Publication Date

23/12/2019

Volume

28

Addresses

Oxford Centre for Respiratory Medicine, Oxford, UK david.mccracken@ouh.nhs.uk.

Keywords

Humans, Pleural Diseases, Echocardiography, Doppler, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Surgery, Computer-Assisted, Thoracic Surgical Procedures, Clinical Competence, Female, Male