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Answer the Clinical Question: Emergency Abdominal Pain.

Contributed on July 11, 2023, last updated June 26, 2024.

English

Author(s)

Jane Brazeau-St Germain, MMUS, CRGS, CRVS, RDMS, RVT, MRIT

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This scenario will focus on a case-based abdominal sonogram. As the diagnostic medical sonographer, the learner must analyze complex cases and communicate findings appropriately and accurately to the interpreting physician.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Correlate results from multiple diagnostic sources to obtain a detailed history.
  2. Employ spatial reasoning to determine sonographic findings.
  3. Propose findings based on evidence.

Simulation Modality:

Virtual gaming simulation / virtual patient

Evalution/Validation:

This simulation’s scenario and script were formally peer-reviewed by two external institutions, then the final simulation was pilot tested by several students on a student testing committee then as part of the Virtu-WIL Student Program’s rollout.

Keywords:

295, Affinity Learning, Diagnostics

Citation:

St Germain J. Answer the Clinical Question: Emergency Abdominal Pain.. Simulation resource published by Simulation Canada; 2023. Available from https://simulationcanada.ca/scenario/answer-the-clinical-question/.

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License:

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Target Learners

Interprofessional:

No

Profession:

Sonography

Levels:

Undergraduate / post-secondary

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