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Educational Exhibit
Keywords:
Breast, Mammography, Ultrasound, Percutaneous, Education, Biopsy, Outcomes analysis, Cancer, Education and training, Quality assurance
Authors:
S. A. Saeed, I. Masroor; Karachi/PK
DOI:
10.1594/ecr2015/C-2267
Background
Breast imaging holds a key position not only in breast cancer screening and diagnosis but also for staging and post treatment surveillance.
There are not enough qualified radiologists to interpret breast imaging examinations like screening mammography or to perform diagnostic evaluation in case of abnormal screening finding.[1] The availability of sufficient number of radiologist qualified to interpret mammography and perform breast interventions is a concern not only for radiologist nationally and internationally but also for the health care community.[2]Newly trained radiologist can play an important role in overcoming the staffing shortage; however surveys of radiology residents have found a lack of interest in acquiring fellowship or employment in this subspecialty due to reasons like “fear of lawsuits” ,”too stressful”,
“ low pay” ,” not an interesting field” etc.[3].
In addition there are very few institutions in Pakistan with breast imaging sections meeting the international standards resulting in suboptimal training provided to their trainees.
Dedicated interactive courses in a simulated environment for enhancing knowledge and skills may provide the trainees with an opportunity to learn and practice these procedures.
Pre and post test is a teaching learning strategy that quantifies the knowledge attained in the session by a group of students with different educational grounds and diverse learning experience.
Pretest assess the amount of base line knowledge and helps the instructor in focusing on topics that are needed to cover in the course based on the students previous knowledge .Post test measures the learning acquired as a result of the course.
In addition it helps in recognition of students who need extra help and guidance.
In addition,
instructional improvements needed for the course are also identified.