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Table 1 Baseline demographics and experience of survey participants, presented as number (%).a

From: Point of care ultrasound training for internal medicine: a Canadian multi-centre learner needs assessment study

 

All participants (N = 253)

Centers A to D (N = 238)

Center E (N = 15)

p-value

Post-graduate year (PGY)

 PGY-1

74 (29)

71 (30)

3 (20)

0.49

 PGY-2

73 (29)

67 (28)

6 (40)

 

 PGY-3

65 (26)

62 (26)

3 (20)

 

 PGY-4

15 (6)

14 (6)

1 (7)

 

 PGY-5

16 (6)

14 (6)

2 (13)

 

Gender

 Males

132 (52)

122 (51)

10 (67)

0.43

 Females

109 (43)

104 (44)

5 (33)

 

Number of ultrasound-guided paracenteses performed

 None

23 (9)

22 (9)

1 (7)

0.01

 1–2

52 (21)

51 (21)

1 (7)

 

 3–5

73 (29)

72 (30)

1 (7)

 

 6–9

43 (17)

39 (16)

4 (27)

 

 10 or more

52 (21)

44 (18)

8 (53)

 

Number of ultrasound-guided thoracenteses performed

 None

41 (16)

41 (17)

0

0.01

 1–2

74 (29)

71 (30)

3 (20)

 

 3–5

66 (26)

63 (26)

3 (20)

 

 6–9

36 (14)

29 (12)

7 (47)

 

 10 or more

25 (10)

23 (10)

2 (13)

 

Number of ultrasound-guided central line insertions performed

 None

35 (14)

34 (14)

1 (7)

0.17

 1–2

27 (11)

26 (11)

1 (7)

 

 3–5

39 (15)

39 (16)

0

 

 6–9

42 (17)

37 (16)

5 (33)

 

 10 or more

99 (39)

91 (38)

8 (53)

 

Number of ultrasound-guided peripheral intravenous catheterizations performed

 None

173 (68)

167 (70)

6 (40)

0.004

 1–2

26 (10)

20 (8)

6 (40)

 

 3–5

26 (10)

24 (10)

2 (13)

 

 6–9

5 (2)

4 (2)

1 (7)

 

 10 or more

11 (4)

11 (5)

0

 

How often learners wanted to perform an US-guided procedure but was not able to do so due to lack of supervisor/teacher (and not because of lack of equipment):b Mean ± standard deviation

2.1 ± 0.8

2.1 ± 0.8

1.7 ± 0.6

0.04

  1. aNot all participants responded to all questions
  2. bResponses in Likert scale from 1 to 4, where 1 = never and 4 = most of the time