Their study confirms that ultrasound influenced the medical care of the patients in 40% of cases, but they do not address teaching local providers or establishment of a local ultrasound service after they finished their study.
We designed a survey to address teaching practices and acceptance of evolutionary theory at post-secondary institutions in the United States (see Additional file 1).
For all these reasons, this study addresses teaching and learning whole numbers from the early grades, i.e., the periods in which whole numbers are systematically approached in the formal school, hence, when it is the case, also in pre-school.
Previous studies addressing teaching and learning in point-of-care ultrasound have primarily focussed on image interpretation and not on the technical quality of the images.
We decided to use the CSAS because it addresses teaching and learning of communication skills most specifically and because it is the tool that has been most widely used and validated.
Student understanding of the nature of science may be effectively addressed through teaching students about the belief/acceptance demarcation (Southerland et al. [2001]).
Low compensation rates can be addressed by teaching coding techniques which maximize reimbursement.
The structural issue of lack of time in the GP consultation will be addressed by teaching the GPs to use a brief screening instrument and by discussing potential methods of obtaining assistance from the practice nurse.
Lack of time in clinical encounters is addressed by teaching the use of brief validated screening instruments, brief intervention tools and utilizing SBIRT systems which decrease time required by physicians.
