Topics in ultrasound education: Use of patient models to teach endovaginal ultrasound skills.
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.
Lucas
Louis W
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From the Department of Radiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Tessler
Franklin N
FN
Lockhart
Mark E
ME
Hester
Felix A
FA
Canon
Cheri L
CL
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