Why the study?
Transesophageal echocardiography can be useful during noncardiac surgery, but whether transesophageal-echocardiography-related knowledge could be acquired during anesthesia residency was unknown.
Does a 41-week didactic transesophageal echocardiography curriculum improve exam scores in anesthesiology residents?
Population
Residents in two anesthesiology residency programs
Comparison
Exam scores after a 41-week didactic curriculum vs baseline
Design
Prospective observational study
Follow-up
41 weeks
Authors
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Supports extended TEE curricula in anesthesiology residency; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized trials before practice change.
Does a 41-week didactic transesophageal echocardiography curriculum improve exam scores in anesthesiology residents?
A 41-week didactic curriculum significantly improves transesophageal echocardiography knowledge among anesthesiology residents.
Goldstein et al. (2020) studied this question.
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