Why the study?
Does intensive training for the RACP clinical examination improve internal medicine trainees' ability to accurately assess jugular venous pressure?
Does intensive training for the RACP clinical examination improve internal medicine trainees' ability to accurately assess jugular venous pressure?
Intensive clinical examination preparation improves trainees' ability to identify normal JVP, though clinical JVP assessment remains a marginal diagnostic test overall.
May support exam preparation to aid trainee recognition of normal JVP; leaves open its broader diagnostic value in practice.
Australian internal medicine trainees undergo intensive training in preparation for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical examination. Trainees preparing for the 2013 RACP clinical examination assessed the jugular venous pressure (JVP) of patients, with central venous pressure monitoring in the intensive care unit before and after the exam. RACP clinical examination preparation was associated with improvements of trainees' ability to identify JVP that were not elevated, although the JVP examination was performed marginally as a diagnostic test. Ongoing training might further improve this skill.
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