Regional anesthesia

Assessment of Basic Skills in Ultrasound‐Based Neuraxial Access—A Protocol of a Study Gathering Validity Evidence

Acta Anaesthesiol ScandPublished Study protocol for a prospective validity study

Study context

Population
Participants with varying experience levels completing ultrasound-assisted and ultrasound-guided spinal block on a low-fidelity mannequin
Planned comparison
Novices vs Intermediates vs Experienced
Methodological detailssimulation-based, blinded raters, Messick's validity framework, multicentre, Video recordings of performances assessed by blinded raters, Simulation Center, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, and various anaesthesia departments
  • Simulation-based
  • Blinded raters
  • Messick's validity framework
  • Multicentre
  • Video recordings of performances assessed by blinded raters
  • Simulation Center, Odense University Hospital, Denmark, and various anaesthesia departments

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Original publication

Assessment of Basic Skills in Ultrasound‐Based Neuraxial Access—A Protocol of a Study Gathering Validity Evidence. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. Published 14 July 2025. doi:10.1111/aas.70102

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