Mark Bowling

PARISHIONERS from across Brisbane Archdiocese are being encouraged to respond to the call of Laudato Si’ by taking part in this year’s Season of Creation Vigil Mass. The Mass celebration at St Stephen’s Cathedral on September 9 is a key event during the Season of Creation 2023 with the theme ‘Let Justice and Peace Flow’, […]

A DRUG overdose claims an Australian life every four hours according to a new report, coinciding with a call by Pope Francis to cast off our indifference to the crisis of drug addiction. An annual report by public health research group Penington Institute shows that 2,231 drug-induced deaths were reported in Australia in 2021. While […]

CYCLISTS in the weekend Brisbane to Gold Coast charity ride raised more than $565,000 (and counting) with proceeds going towards cancer research at Mater. As part of ongoing fundraising efforts, Mater has highlighted the fight against ovarian cancer – the eighth most common cancer in Australia. About 1720 Australian women are diagnosed each year. For […]

MARKING press freedom journalists from across East Timor have flocked to the town of Balibo to commemorate the death of five Australian-based journalists who were murdered there by Indonesian soldiers on October 16, 1975. Known as the Balibo Five, the newsmen arrived in the small border town and witnessed the invasion of Indonesian soldiers across […]

The final round of the NATA Championship took place during the SCCA Time Trials Nationals. Who emerged at the top of the point standings? Let’s first take a look at who won their respective classes at NCM Motorsports Park.

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Background: There are two approaches for endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) training: the traditional apprenticeship approach involving ‘see one, do one, teach one’, and the computer-based simulation approach. In the traditional approach, the trainee learns under direct supervision from an expert preceptor while performing on patients. In the latter approach, trainees use a high-fidelity bronchoscopy simulator, undertake a skills assessment exam (Endobronchial Ultrasound Skills and Task Assessment Tool (EBUS-STAT)), and receive supervised patient-based training from experienced clinicians. The primary objective of this study was to determine whether a single-day EBUS-transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) training course, using high-fidelity simulation and the EBUS-STAT tool, increased the confidence of pulmonary fellows for performing EBUS-TBNA procedures.Methods: Fellowship confidence was measured using a 10-item questionnaire, the EBUS self-assessment tool (EBUS-SAT). This questionnaire was completed before and after EBUS training. The secondary objectives were to determine whether EBUS-STAT varied by year of training and to evaluate the utility of incorporating the EBUS-TBNA training session into fellowship education.Results: We found that a single day of EBUS-TBNA training using high-fidelity simulation and the EBUS-STAT tool increased the confidence of the first- and third-year pulmonary fellows. The mean improvements in EBUS-SAT questionnaire scores pre- and post-EBUS training session were 13.3 points (p = 0.002) for the first-year fellows and 8.5 points (p = 0.0001) for the third-year fellows. Regarding the secondary objectives, we found no significant difference between EBUS-STAT scores of the first- and third-year pulmonary fellows (p = 0.71).Conclusions: Combining high-fidelity bronchoscopy simulator training with the EBUS-STAT assessment tool was found to benefit and improve training in EBUS-TBNA and should be incorporated into fellowship training programs.