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For this reason, there is a huge demand of training in echocardiography of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>. This is difficult to achieve due to limited resources of specialized centers.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title><jats:p>The goal of this study was to investigate the training effect of the echocardiography simulator EchoCom on trainee's ability to diagnose <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design\/Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>We enrolled 10 residents for simulator\u2010based training in echocardiography of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>. All participants were instructed on the simulator's basic handling and had one hour to scan the first 9 datasets information (ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, atrioventricular septal defect, Tetralogy of Fallot, transposition of great arteries, congenital corrected transposition of great arteries, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">common arterial trunk<\/jats:styled-content>, hypoplastic left heart syndrome, normal anatomy) and establish a diagnosis. No help was given except for support regarding simulator related issues. Afterward, 2 rounds of structured simulator based echocardiography training focused on echocardiographic anatomy, spatial orientation, standard views, and echocardiographic anatomy of different <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content> followed. All participants completed a standardized questionnaire containing 10 multiple\u2010choice (<jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MC<\/jats:styled-content>) questions focusing on basic theoretical knowledge in echocardiographic anatomy and common <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Almost all of the residents invited from the affiliated children's hospital had little (20%) or no experience (80%) in echocardiography of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>. Their Pretest and Posttest scores showed significant improvement for both, <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">MC<\/jats:styled-content> test and performance test, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Our study showed that simulator\u2010based training in echocardiography in <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content> could be very effective and may assist with training outside the scope of <jats:styled-content style=\"fixed-case\">CHD<\/jats:styled-content>.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/echo.12118","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,1,24]],"date-time":"2013-01-24T16:59:40Z","timestamp":1359046780000},"page":"693-698","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":23,"title":["Effectiveness of Simulator\u2010Based Echocardiography Training of Noncardiologists in Congenital Heart 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