| Station no.
HOT-1/HOT-2 | Training:
station topic | Model/patient and position | Content/learning issue | Scan mode B/M |
| 1
(HOT-1) | Thorax | Model, sitting | Thorax, ribs, bone, cartilage, and sternum | B | 2
(HOT-1) | Pleura | Model, supine | Lung sliding, B-lines | B | 3
(HOT-1) | Differential diagnosis | Model, supine | Lung, lateral and posterior axillary lines, liver, spleen | B | 4
(HOT-1) | Ultrasound phantom | — | Training on gel-embedded artifacts in rubber balloon US-phantoms | B | 5
(HOT-1/2) | Trachea | Model, supine | Trachea, central and subcutaneous vessels, cricoid cartilage, and thyroid gland | B | 6
(HOT-1/2) | “Virtual” station | Laptop, screen | 12 pictures divided in HOT-1 and HOT-2 with or without pathologies, explained by instructor | — | 7
(HOT-1/2) | US sequence | Dummy and model, supine | Training of sequence on manikins (HOT-1) and models (HOT-2) | B | 8
(HOT-2) | Advanced lung- and pleural US | Model, supine | Apnea, “lung pulse” and “seashore” sign | B/M | 9
(HOT-2) | Advanced lung US | Patient sitting/supine | Training with patient and pathology (atelectasis, PLE, or PTX) | B/M | 10
(HOT-2) | US sequence | Patient, supine | Training of algorithm and sequence with patient and pathology (atelectasis, PLE, or PTX) | B/M | 11
(HOT-2) | Puncture phantom | — | Pleural effusion, puncture gel phantom | B |
|
|
