Consensus on Training and Assessment of Competence in Performing Chorionic Villus Sampling and Amniocentesis: An International Delphi Survey

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Introduction: The aim of this study was to obtain expert consensus on the content of a curriculum for learning chorionic villus sampling (CVS) and amniocentesis (AC) and the items of an assessment tool to evaluate CVS and AC competence. Methods: We used a 3-round iterative Delphi process. A steering committee supervised all processes. Seven international collaborators were identified to expand the breadth of the study internationally. The collaborators invited fetal medicine experts to participate as panelists. In the first round, the panelists suggested content for a CVS/AC curriculum and an assessment tool. The steering committee organized and condensed the suggested items and presented them to the panelists in round 2. In the second round, the panelists rated and commented on the suggested items. The results were processed by the steering committee and presented to the panelists in the third round, where final consensus was obtained. Consensus was defined as support by more than 80% of the panelists for an item. Results: Eighty-six experts agreed to participate in the study. The panelists represented 16 countries across 4 continents. The final list of curricular content included 12 theoretical and practical items. The final assessment tool included 11 items, systematically divided into 5 categories: pre-procedure, procedure, post-procedure, nontechnical skills, and overall performance. These items were provided with behavioral scale anchors to rate performance, and an entrustment scale was used for the final overall assessment. Conclusion: We established consensus among international fetal medicine experts on content to be included in a CVS/AC curriculum and on an assessment tool to evaluate CVS/AC skills. These results are important to help transition current training and assessment methods from a time- and volume-based approach to a competency-based approach which is a key step in improving patient safety and outcomes for the 2 most common invasive procedures in fetal medicine.

OriginalsprogEngelsk
TidsskriftFetal Diagnosis and Therapy
Vol/bind48
Udgave nummer10
Sider (fra-til)720–737
ISSN1015-3837
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 2021

Bibliografisk note

Funding Information:
Femke Slaghekke, Karin M. Sundberg, Martin Tolsgaard, Rory Windrim, Leizl Nayahangan, Lone N. Nørgaard, and Dario Paladini declare that they have no conflicts of interest. Vilma Johnsson has received grants from AMEE and the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science, and her Ph.D. fellowship is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation grant NNFSA170030576.

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Jon Hyett is an associate editor of Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. He has within the last 3 years given a promotional talk for Canon Imaging, been involved in an expert panel, given talks for and been involved in the SMART research trial for Natera, and been involved in an expert panel and given talks for Roche (NIPT and preeclampsia screening). Jon Hyett has an ongoing research collaboration looking at biomarkers for prediction of adverse pregnancy outcome with PerkinElmer. Ulrich Gembruch is an editorial board member of Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy. Eleonor Tiblad is a member of Janssen Pharmaceutical’s advisory board on FNAIT and HDFN. Olav B. Petersen’s professorship is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation grant NNFSA170030576.

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