Incidental Findings in Student Ultrasound Models: Implications for Instructors

As ultrasonography continues to become integrated into undergraduate medical education, there have been concerns raised about the use of volunteer models and the ability to maintain patient privacy during scanning sessions. To date, there have been no reports on how instructors should manage situati...

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Published inJournal of ultrasound in medicine Vol. 36; no. 8; pp. 1739 - 1743
Main Authors Siegel‐Richman, Yonaton, Kendall, John L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England 01.08.2017
Subjects
Abdomen - diagnostic imaging
Curriculum
Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods
Head - diagnostic imaging
Humans
Incidental Findings
Kidney - abnormalities
Kidney - diagnostic imaging
Neck - diagnostic imaging
Patient Simulation
Students, Medical
Ultrasonography - methods
ultrasound curriculum
ultrasound models
ultrasound curriculum
incidental findings
ultrasound models
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Summary:As ultrasonography continues to become integrated into undergraduate medical education, there have been concerns raised about the use of volunteer models and the ability to maintain patient privacy during scanning sessions. To date, there have been no reports on how instructors should manage situations in which incidental findings are made during educational ultrasonography sessions. We present three different examples of incidental findings that occurred at our institution and the various approaches taken by the instructors. Furthermore, we outline an approach that can be utilized by other medical schools to better maintain patient confidentiality.
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ISSN:0278-4297
1550-9613
DOI:10.7863/ultra.16.08014