title: Topics in ultrasound education: Use of patient models to teach endovaginal ultrasound skills.
abstract: Learning how to perform endovaginal pelvic ultrasound is often challenging for novices in a busy clinical practice. In this article, we describe a program in which we hired female patient models to help residents acquire basic endovaginal scanning skills.
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Radiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
authors.forename: Louis W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Franklin N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Tessler
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lockhart
authors.forename: Felix A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Hester
authors.forename: Cheri L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Canon
mesh_terms: D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005260:Female; D005831:Genital Diseases, Female / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000379:methods*; D014621:Vagina