Véronique Suttels, Ines Chichignoud, Ablo Prudence Wachinou, Jacques du Toit, Pierre-André Mans, Juan Manuel Blanco, G. Agodokpessi, Thomas Brahier, Mary-Anne Hartley, Elena Ramı́rez, Noémie Boillat‐Blanco
TL;DR: A web-based assessment tool was developed to evaluate lung point-of-care ultrasound skills in low-and middle-income countries, enabling objective evaluation of trainees across different countries and time points after initial training.
Abstract: Objective assessment of skills after training is essential for safe implementation of lung point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS). In low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) there is a need for assessment tools without onsite experts to scale up POCUS access. Our objective is to develop a web-based assessment tool and evaluate trainees across different countries and at different time points after initial lung POCUS training.