Acceptability, appropriateness, and feasibility of a point-of-care ultrasound program for the diagnosis of forearm fractures in rural Nepal: a mid-level provider qualitative study
Evan Weldon, Mandeep Pathak, Elijah Katz, Leland Perice, Sanjaya Bahadur Chand, Lauren McCabe, Samuel Nesemann, Justin Zhao, Myles Dworkin, Ramu Kharel · 2026
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Evan Weldon and colleagues report in 2026 on training mid-level health workers in rural Nepal to find forearm fractures with portable ultrasound. X-ray units are scarce in that setting, so the study asks whether short training can work in daily practice at Bayalpata Hospital.
Seventeen health assistants and auxiliary workers who finished a two-day course took part in interviews. They described using ultrasound often, feeling more confident, and relying less on X-ray referrals. Language and duty-time pressures still caused difficulty. Support for wider rollout was strong. Readers see practical evidence that a brief, hands-on course can change fracture care where imaging is limited.
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| CREATOR | Evan Weldon, Mandeep Pathak, Elijah Katz, Leland Perice, Sanjaya Bahadur Chand, Lauren McCabe, Samuel Nesemann, Justin Zhao, Myles Dworkin, Ramu Kharel |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 32568 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |