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The Effect Of A Chest Imaging Lecture On Emergency Department Doctors' Ability To Interpret Chest Ct Images: A Randomized Study, Gerben Keijzers, Vasugi Sithirasenan
The Effect Of A Chest Imaging Lecture On Emergency Department Doctors' Ability To Interpret Chest Ct Images: A Randomized Study, Gerben Keijzers, Vasugi Sithirasenan
Gerben Keijzers
Objective: To assess the chest computed tomography (CT) imaging interpreting skills of emergency department (ED) doctors and to study the effect of a CT chest imaging interpretation lecture on these skills.
Participants and methods: Sixty doctors in two EDs were randomized, using computerized randomization, to either attend a chest CT interpretation lecture or not to attend this lecture. Within 2 weeks of the lecture, the participants completed a questionnaire on demographic variables, anatomical knowledge, and diagnostic interpretation of 10 chest CT studies. Outcome measures included anatomical knowledge score, diagnosis score, and the combined overall score, all expressed as a percentage …