The Assessment of Competency in Thoracic Sonography (ACTS) scale: validation of a tool for point-of-care ultrasound

• Published in: Critical ultrasound journal Vol. 9; no. 1; pp. 25 - 8
• Main Authors: Millington, Scott J., Arntfield, Robert T., Guo, Robert Jie, Koenig, Seth, Kory, Pierre, Noble, Vicki, Mallemat, Haney, Schoenherr, Jordan R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Milan Springer Milan 22.11.2017; Springer Nature B.V; SpringerOpen
• Subjects: Assessment tools; Correlation analysis; Critical care; Critical Care Medicine; Diagnostic Radiology; Education; Emergency medical care; Emergency Medicine; Imaging; Intensive; Interventional Radiology; Judgments; Learning curves; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original; Original Article; Patient safety; Physicians; Point of care testing; Point-of-care; Quality assessment; Radiology; Reliability analysis; Thoracic ultrasound; Ultrasonic imaging; Ultrasound; Thoracic ultrasound; Point-of-care; Assessment tools; Education

Background The rapid adoption of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has created a need to develop assessment tools to ensure that learners can competently use these technologies. In this study, the authors developed and tested a rating scale to assess the quality of point-of-care thoracic ultrasound s...