Physician Training Requirements in Sonography

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OBJECTIVE. Physician competence in the performance of sonographic studies was assessed after their involvement in predetermined increments of cases to determine whether the case volumes currently required by the American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and the American College of Radiology for training in sonography can be lowered substantially.MATERIALS AND METHODS. Sonographic competence tests were administered to 10 first-year diagnostic radiology residents after their involvement in increments of 50 cases, up to a total of 200 cases (four competency tests). Each competency test consisted of the resident's independently scanning and interpreting 10 clinically mandated studies that were scored in comparison with the examination performed by the sonographer and interpreted by an attending radiologist. Trainee studies were graded on the percentage of anatomic landmarks depicted, the number of reporting errors, the number of clinically significant reporting errors, and the percentage of cases receiving...

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