CAQ Procedure Skills Assessment Test Outline
CAQ- Procedure Skills Assessment Test (PAT) Outline
AABIP will be using three separate checklists for assessing skills in performing Radial EndoBronchial UltraSound (EBUS) , Electro Magnetic Navigation (EMN) and EBUS-Trans-Bronchial Needle Aspiration (TBNA) procedures.
For Radial EBUS, participants will be asked to:
- Maneuver the scope through the airways to the target segment without causing airway trauma
- Operate REBUS probe and EBUS processor
- Obtain an ultrasound image of the target
- Identify the probe-target relationship
- Articulate the steps for performing REBUS-guided biopsy
For EMN (candidate has choice of platform – super Dimension or Veran), participants will be asked to:
- Select and plan biopsy by using the EMN software
- Perform an atraumatic bronchoscopy
- Perform registration
- Navigate to lesion
- Articulate the steps for confirming location & work at the target
For EBUS-TBNA, participants will be asked to:
- Maneuver the scope through upper airway into trachea, without trauma or difficulty
- Maneuver bronchoscope without causing trauma to the airway
- Obtained ultrasound images without artifacts
- Identify major mediastinal vascular structures
- Identify major lymph node station pertinent to staging
- Perform EBUS-TBNA
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