Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40417682›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in medicine2025

Ultrasound education in the digital era: face-to-face vs. webinar-teaching of head and neck ultrasound theory-a prospective multi-center study.

Johannes Matthias Weimer, Maximilian Rink, Marie Brandt, Luisa Symeou, Benjamin Philipp Ernst, Christoph Sproll, Alessandro Bozzato, Lukas Pillong, Johanna Helfrich, Andreas Weimer and 7 more

Abstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Johannes Matthias WeimerRudolf Frey Learning Clinic, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Maximilian RinkDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Marie BrandtDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Luisa SymeouDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.
Benjamin Philipp ErnstDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University Medical Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany.
Christoph SprollDepartment of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Alessandro BozzatoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Lukas PillongDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Johanna HelfrichDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany.
Andreas WeimerCenter of Orthopedics, Trauma Surgery, and Spinal Cord Injury, Heidelberg University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Marie StäuberRudolf Frey Learning Clinic, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Holger BuggenhagenRudolf Frey Learning Clinic, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
Roman KloecknerInstitute of Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein-Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
Florian ReckerDepartment of Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany.
Thomas BeleitesDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
Naglaa MansourDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Center-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Julian KünzelDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Digitalization offers significant potential benefits to ultrasound education. This study compares the effectiveness of webinar teaching against face-to-face teaching in providing theoretical competencies in certified head and neck ultrasound (HNUS) courses. Patients and methods: This prospective, controlled, multicenter study was conducted in 2023 at three universities with certified HNUS courses. One course used webinar lessons (S), and the others used face-to-face teaching (C). The control group courses (C) were held on two consecutive days. The first day of the study group course was held as a webinar (S) 1 week before the second day and was also recorded for preparatory purposes. All participants completed three assessments: a pre-course self-evaluation (Evaluation Result: 128 data sets were analyzed (31 S; 30 C; 47 V). Both groups, S and C, rated their competencies after the courses significantly higher than before ( Conclusion: Our data suggest that webinars can be an effective alternative to face-to-face lessons in teaching theoretical competencies in HNUS. Participants gave overall positive evaluations of digital teaching methods. Our findings support evidence that digital learning methods are valuable for modern ultrasound education.

Indexed as

blended learningcertified ultrasound educationdigitalizationdigital transformationface-to-face-teachinghead and neck ultrasoundwebinar-teaching

Identifiers

PMID40417682
PMCPMC12098340

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.