A model for teaching newborn circumcision.
BACKGROUND
Hundreds of residents are trained to perform neonatal circumcision every year. This article describes the construction and use of a model designed to introduce trainees to neonatal circumcision using the Gomco technique.


METHODS
A circumcision model was constructed using a clipboard, a pacifier, examination gloves, a rubber band, a syringe, tape, surgical towels, and a circumcision kit containing a 1.3 Gomco clamp, hemostats, surgical scissors, and a scalpel blade.


CONCLUSIONS
With each trainee using a separate model, one instructor was able to guide four interns through three simulations each during a 1-hour orientation session.
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, USA. sonya-erickson@uiowa.edu
D002944:Circumcision, Male / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D013525:Surgical Instruments