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Cultivating competency in cardiac sonography: Aligning entrustable professional activities with industry expectations

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posted on 2024-08-27, 04:26 authored by Rebecca Perry, Anthony Forshaw, Jessie Childs, Deanne ChesterDeanne Chester, Christopher Edwards
Echocardiography education involves the teaching and assessment of multiple competencies to ensure work-ready graduates. To connect these competency standards to professional practice, it is important that the industry expectation around specific entrustable professional activities (EPAs) is determined. In Australia, echocardiography examinations are eligible for Medicare reimbursement when performed by sonographers listed on the Australian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR), either as an Accredited Medical Sonographer or as an Accredited Student Sonographer. A key criterion for acceptance onto the registry is the completion of, or active enrolment in, an accredited cardiac sonography course. Eligible courses apply for accreditation and are assessed by ASAR against their Standards for Accreditation of Sonographer Courses. This study sought to investigate the existing cardiac EPAs and provide insights into the industry's expectations for graduate cardiac sonographers in Australia.

History

Volume

33

Issue

7

Start Page

1067

End Page

1073

Number of Pages

7

eISSN

1444-2892

ISSN

1443-9506

Publisher

Elsevier

Publisher License

CC BY

Additional Rights

CC BY 4.0

Language

en

Peer Reviewed

  • Yes

Open Access

  • Yes

Acceptance Date

2024-01-18

Era Eligible

  • Yes

Medium

Print-Electronic

Journal

Heart Lung and Circulation

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