Volume : 4, Issue : 4, April - 2015

Interdisciplinary Mannequins with Moulage a useful labour care teaching tool for Medical graduate

N. Hephzibah Kirubamani

Abstract :

<p>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;Application of moulage to static mannequins, allows the learner improve their skills.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div&gt;Aim : To evaluate simulation&amp;ndash;based teaching in labour care using mannequins .&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;&amp;nbsp;To assess confidence&amp;amp; competence after using simulators and to assess faculty perception&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Materials &amp;amp; Method: One hundred students were participating. Clinical scenarios depicting normal process of labour and emergencies were kept&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;in 12 stations . In each station students were given group discussion and hands on exercise . Knowledge and skill gaind through workshop were&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;assessed&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Results : Knowledge gained by group discussion was 90%. Skills learned were assessed by task specific check list and on an average was it was&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;77% in various tasks. Confidence gained through workshop was 76%.Workshop was rating was 91%. Faculty felt that workshop as effective&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;education tool.&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;Conclusion: &amp;ndash; Students expressed that the scenarios with Moulageapplication to static manikins afforded a greater sense of reality and was an&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div&gt;interesting teaching tool for undergraduates.&lt;/div&gt;</p>