INTRODUCTION Duplex ultrasound facilitates bedside diagnosis and hence timely patient care. Its uptake has been hampered by training and accreditation issues. We have developed an assessment tool for Duplex arterial stenosis measurement for both simulator and patient based training. METHODS A novel assessment tool: duplex ultrasound assessment of technical skills was developed. A modified dup...

The use of performance-based assessment has been extended to postgraduate education and practising doctors, despite criticism of validity. While differences in expertise at this level are easily reflected in scores on a written test, these differences are relatively small on performance-based tests. However, scores on written tests and performance-based tests of clinical competence generally sh...

An audit conducted by the French consortium FIEF-SOFRECO has been undertaken in Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama, in order to identify local resources in terms of academic training for cadastral staff. This audit was funded by the World Bank and USAID, and its results were presented in a workshop held in Guatemala in November 2001. In this paper, the situation ...

The method of equipping with training simulators for civil aviation personnel is considered. Since not all issues practical can be solved by implementing a part the educational program in form specialized organization, use significantly reduce cost specialist training. presented at market are expensive education institutions limited functionality, that why one options their independent producti...

1 BACKGROUND Microsurgical training on rats before starting with clinical practice is a well-established routine. Animal model training is less widespread for perforator flaps, although these flaps represent a technical challenge. Unlike other flaps, they require specific technical skills that need to be adequately trained on a living model1: a cadaver is not enough because no bleeding, vessel ...