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The educational committee of the JABTS (Japanese Association of Breast and Thyroid Sonology) organized a breast ultrasound training course as a method for quality control. The course consisted of pre- and posttests, lectures, and small group learning. To simulate an actual examination, moving images of clinical cases were used in some of the small learning groups and the tests. After the course, although the specificity deteriorated from 75.4% to 68.0%, the sensitivity rose from 62.5% to 75.4%. The training course was considered to be effective in improving the ability to find lesions.
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Tohno, E., Sawai, K. (2005). JABTS Breast Ultrasound Training Course: Program and Results. In: Ueno, E., Shiina, T., Kubota, M., Sawai, K. (eds) Research and Development in Breast Ultrasound. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/4-431-27008-6_14
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