Training activity information
Details
Perform optimised ultrasound scans and correctly identify and grade significant disease of the:
- Suprainguinal arteries
- Femoral artery
- Popliteal artery
Type
Entrustable training activity (ETA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee repeatedly, consistently, and effectively over time, in a range of situations. This may include occasions where the trainee has not successfully achieved the outcome of the activity themselves. For example, because it was not appropriate to undertake the task in the circumstances or the trainees recognised their own limitations and sought help or advice to ensure the activity reached an appropriate conclusion.
Reflection at multiple timepoints on the trainee learning journey for this activity.
Considerations
- Patient centred care and support
- Local SOPs
- National and international guidance
- Clinical presentation of acute and chronic disease
- Image optimisation
- Flow measurements
- Anatomy and physiology
- Escalating complex cases to senior colleagues
- Limitations of the scan
- Scope of personal and professional practice
- Acting on urgent findings
- Patient safety and communication
- Artifact causes and corrections
- Multidisciplinary working and pathways
- Targeted scanning principles
- Stents
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 |
Outcome
Assess disease in the lower limb arteries using ultrasound. |
| # 4 |
Outcome
Apply ultrasound physics to correctly optimise an ultrasound scan of the lower limb arteries. |
| # 5 |
Outcome
Analyse and interpret the ultrasound findings of diseased arteries of the lower limb with reference to haemodynamics. |
| # 9 |
Outcome
Appraise the impact of research evidence on national guidelines. |