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Educational recommendations for the conduct, content and format of EULAR musculoskeletal ultrasound Teaching the Teachers Courses
  1. A Iagnocco1,
  2. L Terslev2,
  3. M Backhaus3,
  4. P Balint4,
  5. G A W Bruyn5,
  6. N Damjanov6,
  7. E Filippucci7,
  8. H B Hammer8,
  9. S Jousse-Joulin9,
  10. D Kane10,
  11. J M Koski11,
  12. P Mandl12,
  13. I Möller13,
  14. P Peetrons14,
  15. W Schmidt15,
  16. M Szkudlarek16,
  17. J Vojinovic17,
  18. R J Wakefield18,
  19. M Hofer19,
  20. M A D'Agostino20 and
  21. E Naredo21
  1. 1Ultrasound Unit, Rheumatology Department, Sapienza Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
  2. 2Centre of Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet-Glostrup, Copenhagen, Denmark
  3. 3Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Park-Klinik Weissensee Berlin, Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany
  4. 43rd Rheumatology Department, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
  5. 5Department of Rheumatology, MC Groep Hospitals, Lelystad, The Netherlands
  6. 6Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade University School of Medicine, Belgrade, Serbia
  7. 7Clinica Reumatologica, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Jesi (Ancona), Italy
  8. 8Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
  9. 9Department of Rheumatology, Cavale Blanche Hospital, Brest, France
  10. 10Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
  11. 11Mikkeli Central Hospital, Mikkeli, Finland
  12. 12Division of Rheumatology, 3rd Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
  13. 13Instituto Poal de Reumatologia, Barcelona, Spain
  14. 14Radiology Department, Free University of Brussels, Hopitaux Iris Sud, Brussels, Belgium
  15. 15Immanuel Krankenhaus Medical Center for Rheumatology Berlin, Buch, Germany
  16. 16Department of Rheumatology, University of Copenhagen Hospital at Køge, Køge, Denmark
  17. 17Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia
  18. 18Department of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds, UK
  19. 19Diagnostic Radiologist, Department for Medical Education, H Heine University, Duesseldorf, Germany
  20. 20APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Rheumatology Department, Boulogne-Billancourt, France
  21. 21Department of Rheumatology, Hospital GU Gregorio Marañón. Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr A Iagnocco; aiagnocco{at}tiscali.it

Abstract

Objective To produce educational guidelines for the conduct, content and format of theoretical and practical teaching at EULAR musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) Teaching the Teachers (TTT) Courses.

Methods A Delphi-based procedure with 24 recommendations covering five main areas (Duration and place of the course; Faculty members; Content of the course; Evaluation of the teaching skills; TTT competency assessment) was distributed among a group of experts involved in MSUS teaching, in addition to an advisory educational expert being present. Consensus for each recommendation was considered achieved when the percentage of agreement was >75%.

Results 21 of 24 invited participants responded to the first Delphi questionnaire (88% response rate). All 21 participants also responded to the second round. Agreement on 19 statements was obtained after two rounds.

Conclusions This project has led to the development of guidelines for the conduct, content and format of teaching at the EULAR MSUS TTT Courses that are organised annually, with the aim of training future teachers of EULAR MSUS Courses, EULAR Endorsed MSUS Courses, as well as national and local MSUS Courses. The presented work gives indications on how to homogenise the teaching at the MSUS TTT Courses, thus resolving current discrepancies in the field.

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  • Quality Indicators

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https://doi.org/10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000139

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