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Table 2 Quality of ultrasound image and machine use

From: Is gallbladder PoCUS diagnostic accuracy accessible to medical students after PoCUS training exclusively on healthy volunteers? A pilot randomized control trial

 

Examiner 1

(Surgeon)

Examiner 2

(Radiologist)

Examiner 3

(Emergency physician)

Quality of ultrasound image

   

 Interpretable % (n)

   

  Control group

78% (39)

72% (36)

76% (38)

  Intervention group

82% (41)

78% (39)

80% (40)

 p value

0.6171

0.4884

0.6292

Quality of machine use

   

 Satisfactory % (n)

   

  Control group

92% (46)

54% (27)

82% (41)

  Intervention group

100% (50)

74% (37)

92% (46)

 p value

0.0412*

0.0372*

0.1371

  1. *Statistically significant