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Video-Based Versus Bedside eFAST Training in Final-Year Medical Students
Sponsor: Gorkem Alper Solakoglu
Summary
This study compared two methods of teaching the Extended Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (eFAST) examination to final-year medical students. Participants were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either a 60-minute standardized video-based training session or a 60-minute instructor-led bedside training session. Both groups received the same educational content, for the same duration, from the same instructor. Within one hour after completing the training, each participant performed an individual eFAST examination on a healthy volunteer. Performance was assessed by an evaluator who was unaware of the participant's training group, using an eFAST Image Acquisition Checklist. The study compared overall immediate eFAST performance between the two teaching methods and also examined performance in individual eFAST examination windows.
Official title: Comparative Effectiveness of Video-Based and Bedside Teaching for eFAST Training in Final-Year Medical Students: A Randomised Controlled Educational Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
100
Start Date
2025-08-01
Completion Date
2025-11-30
Last Updated
2026-08-27
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Standardized Video-Based eFAST Training
Participants watched a standardized 60-minute instructional video covering the theoretical principles and practical performance of eFAST. The video was recorded on a healthy volunteer and included demonstrations of the examination with visual annotation. Content included the principles and clinical indications of eFAST, ultrasound physics, examination windows, transducer selection, probe positioning and orientation, image optimization, normal anatomical landmarks, and representative pathological images.
Instructor-Led Bedside eFAST Training
Participants received a 60-minute instructor-led bedside training session delivered by the same emergency physician on a healthy volunteer. The session covered the same theoretical and practical eFAST content as the video-based intervention and included live demonstration of each examination window followed by supervised practice, during which each participant performed the examination once under direct guidance.
Locations (1)
Istanbul Medeniyet University
Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)