Table 3.

Subjective competency levels of the participants before and after course completion

	10-week course (n = 631)			2-day compact course (n = 141)			p-value
	before	after	difference	before	after	difference
	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	mean (SD)	mean (SD)
Personal expert ultrasound knowledge	4.13 (1.10)	2.43 (0.93)	1.71 (1.64)	4.09 (1.51)	2.65 (0.86)	1.43 (1.33)	< 0.01
Operation of device	5.51 (1.80)	2.61 (1.17)	2.92 (1.97)	5.68 (1.68)	2.62 (0.96)	3.05 (1.61)	0.96
Handling of sonic transducer	5.16 (2.01)	2.06 (1.10)	3.10 (2.27)	5.64 (1.69)	2.26 (0,84)	3.37 (1.59)	0.72
Spatial orientation	4.52 (1.84)	2.27 (1,09)	2.27 (1. 97)	4.35 (1.56)	2.55 (0,91)	1.78 (1.46)	< 0.01
Sono-anatomy	4.82 (1.77)	2.22 (1.05)	2.61 (1.92)	5.09 (1.54)	2.41 (0.89)	2.67 (1.44)	0.85
Organ presentation	4.87 (1.82)	2.20 (1.03)	2.67 (1.99)	5.30 (1.62)	2.40 (0.85)	2.91 (1.56)	0.36
Organ evaluation	5.33 (1.79)	2.41 (1.12)	2.93 (2.01)	5.76 (1.57)	2.58 (0.91)	3.18 (1.49)	0.45
Patient management	4.56 (1.96)	2.06 (1.05)	2.51 (2.13)	4.80 (1.70)	2.19 (0.93)	2.60 (1.63)	0.94