From: Ensuring competency in focused cardiac ultrasound: a systematic review of training programs
 | LEARNERS |  | ULTRASOUND DEVICE | STUDY DURATION | ||||
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Ratio of Learners to Instructors | Didactic hours | Hands-on hours | Total training hours | # of training scans | ||||
Alexander 2004 [36] | 20 IM residents | Not specified | 1.5 | 1.5 | 3 | Not specified | Phillips OptiGo | 7 months |
Beraud 2013 [37] | 18 critical care fellows | 18:1 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 25 exams (avg) Range: 18-32 | Sonosite M-Turbo | 1 year |
Caronia 2013 [38] | 7 IM residents | 1:1 | 5 | 3 | Â | 15 exams (avg) Range: 5-31 | Sonosite M-Turbo | 1 month |
Carrie 2015 [39] | 6 EM residents | Not specified | 6 | Not specified | 6 + hands-on timea | Not specified | GE Vscan | 3 months |
Chisholm 2013 [40] | 14 EM attendings | 14:1 | 9.2 | Not specified | 9.2 | 8 exams (avg) Range: 3-13 | Sonosite M-Turbo | 5 months |
Croft 2006 [41] | 9 IM residents | Not specified | 15 | 5 | 20 | Not specified | Phillips OptiGo | 1 month |
Farsi 2017 [42] | 17 EM residents | Not specified | 4 | 6 | 10 | Not specified | Samsung SonoAce X8 | 3 months |
Ferrada 2011 [43] | 6 surgeons, 1 EM attending | 7:1 | 1.16 | 0.5 | 1.66 | 1 exam | SonoSite S-ICU | Not specified |
Gaudet 2016 [44] | 6 critical care fellows | 6:1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 0 exams | Philips iE33 xMATRIX | Not specified |
Hellmann 2005 [45] | 30 IM residents | Not specified | 0.75 | Not specified | 0.75 + self studya | 3 exams | SonoSite 180 | 2 years |
Johnson 2016 [46] | 10 IM residents | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | 18 | 44 exams (avg) | SonoSite NanoMaxx or SonoSite EDGE | 6 months |
Labbe 2016 [47] | 5 IM residents | 5:1 | 3.9 | 1.8 | 5.7 | 10 exams | Phillips HD11XE or Phillips CX50 | 5 months |
6 IM residents | 6:1 | 5.6 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 27 exams | 7 months | ||
Lucas 2009 [48] | 8 hospitalists | 8:1 | 2 | 20 | 27 | 30 exams | MicroMaxx 3.4 | 3 months |
Manasia 2005 [49] | 6 intensivists | 6:1 | Not specified | Not specified | 10 | not specified | SonoHeart | 9 months |
Martin 2007 [50] | 10 hospitalists | Not specified | 6 | Not specified | 6 + self studya | 5 exams | SonoSite Elite | 4-7 months |
Mjolstad 2013 [51] | 6 IM residents | Not specified | 4 | Not specified | 4 | 95 exams (median) Range: 80-225 | GE Vscan 1.2 | 2.5 months |
Mozzini 2014 [52] | 23 IM residents | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | 9 | 5 exams | Philips Envisor | 9 months |
12 IM residents | Not specified | Not specified | Not specified | 18 | 5 exams | |||
Ruddox 2013 [53] | 26 IM residents | 5:1 or 6:1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Not specified | GE Vscan | 9 months |
Ruddox 2017 [54] | 20 IM residents | 2:1, 3:1, or 4:1 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4 | Not specified | GE Vscan | 6 months |
See 2014 [55] | 7 critical care fellows | Online learning | 10 | 2.5 | 12.5 | 5 exams | Philips Sparq | 1 year |
Smith 2018 [56] | 9 hospitalists | 9:1 | 8+ | Not specified | 30.6 (avg) | Not specified | Philips Sparq | 6 months |
Vignon 2010 [57] | 5 anesthesia residents, 1 IM resident | 3:1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 10-12 exams | Philips OptiGo | 3 months |
Yan 2010 [58] | 10 medical students | Not specified | 7 | 3 | 10 | Not specified | GE Vscan | 1 months |