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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 25 studies describing directly observed central venous catheterization performances

From: Measuring competence in central venous catheterization: a systematic-review

Study

Observers

Learner population

No. of learners observed

No. of procedures observed

Live vs video

Sites tested

Ultrasound used

Evaluations on patients (clinical) vs simulators

Checklist used (y/n); no of items

Global rating scale used (y/n); no. of items

Additional items assessed (y/n); no. of items

Barsuk et al. (2009c)

Faculty

MICU residents

28

N/A

Live and video

IJ, SC

Y

Simulators

Y; 27

N

N

Barsuk et al. (2009a)

Faculty

Nephrology fellows

18

N/A

Live and video

IJ

Y

Simulators

Y; 27

N

N

Berenholtz et al. (2004)

Nurses

ICU residents

N/A

64

Live

N/A

N/A

Clinical

Y; 8

N

N

Blaivas and Adhikari (2009)

Faculty

Emergency medicine residents

25

25

Live

IJ

Y

Simulators

Y; 2

N

Y; 1

Britt et al. (2009)

Trauma fellow or critical care surgeon

Junior surgery residents

34

73

Live

N/A

N/A

Clinical

Y; 14

Y; 2

Y; 1

Carvalho (2007)

Medical students

Medical students

9

N/A

Live

IJ, SC

Y

Simulators

Y; 1

N

Y; 2

Coopersmith et al. (2002)

Nurses

Residents in surgery, anesthesiology, emergency medicine, nurse practioner

N/A

16

Live

IJ, SC, Fem

N/A

Clinical

Y; 9

N

N

Costello et al. (2008)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Live

IJ, SC, Fem

N/A

Clinical

Y; 18

N

N

Dong et al. (2010)

Faculty and Fellow

Residents in anesthesiology, internal medicine, emergency medicine, general surgery, attending faculty

105

N/A

Video

IJ, SC

Y

Simulators

Y; 15

N

Y; 3

Evans et al. (2009)

Hired independent raters

PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents

N/A

N/A

Live and video

IJ, SC, Fem

Y

Simulators

Y; 63

N

Y; 2

Huang et al. (2009)

Faculty

Internal Medicine residents

42

94

Video

SC

N

Simulators

Y; 22

Y; 1

Y; 1

Kilbourne et al. (2009)

Study authors

Surgical or emergency medicine residents

N/A

86

Video

SC

N

Clinical

Y;6

N

Y; 2

Lee et al. (2009)

Expert reviewers

Emergency medicine residents

16

N/A

Video

IJ

Y

Simulators

Y; 19

Y;1

Y;2

Lobo et al. (2005)

Infection control staff

Medical residents

N/A

44

Live

IJ, SC, Fem

N/A

Clinical

Y;9

N

N

McKee et al. (2008)

Nurses

Pediatric anesthesiologists, surgeons, pediatric surgical staff, critical care medical staff

N/A

43

Live

N/A

N/A

Clinical

Y; 5

N

N

Millington et al. (2009)

Faculty

Medical residents

30

N/A

Video

IJ

N

Simulators

Y; 10

Y;5

Y;3

Murphy et al. (2008)

“Assessors”

Medical students

30

N/A

Video

IJ

N

Simulator

Y;20

Y;7

Y;1

Papadimos et al. (2008)

Independent observers

Residents in anesthesiology and surgery

N/A

85

Live

N/A

Available

Clinical

Y; 7

N

N

Ramakrishna et al. (2005)

Cardiologists

PGY2 medical residents

20

N/A

Live

IJ

Available

Clinical

Y;7

Y;1

N

Rosen et al. (2009)

Senior medical residents

Incoming medical residents

20

60

Live

IJ

Y

Chickens

Y; 22

N

N

Stone et al. (2010)

Faculty

Senior medical students and PGY-1 emergency medicine residents

39

N/A

Live

N/A

Y

Simulators

Y; 1

N

Y; 1

Velmahos et al. (2004)

Faculty

Surgical interns

26

N/A

Live

N

N

Clinical

Y;15

N

Y;3

Wall et al. (2005)

Nurses

“Trainees” in MICU

N/A

≥5

Live

IJ, SC, Fem

N/A

Clinical

Y;22

N

Y; 2

Xiao et al. (2007)

Faculty

Trauma residents

50

73

Video

IJ, SC, Fem

N/A

Clinical

Y;13

N

N

Yilmaz et al. (2007)

N/A

N/A

N/A

356

Live

N/A

N/A

Clinical

Y; 2

N

N