Hands-on thyroid ultrasound practical boosts medical student scanning confidence

After a hands-on thyroid ultrasound session for third-year medical students, mean confidence using the ultrasound machine improved from 3.79 to 1.96 on a 1 (very good) to 5 (very poor) scale; students rated career relevance 1.24.

• Intended learners are third-year medical students on an endocrine and diabetes rotation at Queen’s University Belfast.
• The hybrid session paired didactic teaching with hands-on scanning using a GE V-scan Air wireless handheld ultrasound.
• Students gave positive ratings for learning objective clarity (1.50), opportunities to ask questions (1.18), and career relevance (1.24) on the same 1–5 scale where lower is better.

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