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    Student survey after ten years of continuous blended teaching of echocardiocraphyEncuesta a los estudiantes tras diez años de enseñanza semipresencial continua de ecocardiografía
    (Springer, 2023) Parra V.M.; Fita G.; Azqueta M.; Gonzalez M.; Aranda F.; Maestre M.L.; Silva J.; Hortal J.; Morales D.; Borquez E.; Adasme F.; Real M.I.; Mercadal J.; Zelada P.; Riobo G.; Galdames K.; Domenech R.J.; CEDEUS (Chile)
    © 2023 Sociedad Española de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del DolorObjective: To analyse the impact of 10 years of blended echocardiography teaching. Methods and results: A questionnaire was emailed to all medical doctors who graduated from the blended learning diploma in echocardiography developed by the University of Chile and taught by a team from Chile and Spain. One hundred and forty of the 210 students who graduated from the program between 2011 and 2020 completed the questionnaire: 53.57% were anaesthesiologists, and 26.42% were intensivists. More than 85% of respondents indicated that the online teaching met their expectations, and 70.2% indicated that the hands-on practice fulfilled the stated objectives. In a retrospective analysis using self-reported data, graduates reported that their use of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography has increased from 24.29% to 40.71% and from 13.57% to 27.86%, repectively, after the programme compared to before the programme. They used echocardiography mainly in the perioperative period (56.7%) and during intensive care (32.3%), while only 11% of respondents used it in emergency care units. Nearly all (92.4%) respondents reported that the skills learned was very useful in their professional practice. Conclusions: Ten years after its launch, the blended learning diploma in echocardiography was well rated by graduate specialists, and is associated with a significant increase in the use of echocardiography in the perioperative period and during intensive care. The main challenges are to establish a longer period of practice and achieve greater implantation in emergency medicine.