Use of a beef tongue model and instructional video  for teaching residents fourth-degree laceration repair.
OBJECTIVE
This study seeks to compare the utility of the beef tongue model versus an instructional video in teaching obstetric and gynecology residents how to repair a fourth-degree laceration.


METHODS
Twenty-seven residents were randomized to participate in a workshop with a beef tongue model or assigned to watch an instructional video on repair of fourth-degree lacerations and read a chapter on the repair. All subjects were tested with a pre- and postintervention written test. These scores were compared with paired t test at 0.05 significance level.


RESULTS
Residents with no prior experience in fourth-degree laceration repairs showed an improvement in knowledge (49.5% versus 64.1%, p<0.001) on written exams about the repairs.


CONCLUSIONS
An instructional video or beef tongue model and textbook chapter on fourth-degree laceration repair can improve skills in repair of a fourth-degree laceration among residents with no experience in these repairs.
Patel
Minita
M
Hartford Hospital, University of Connecticut, Hartford, CT, USA. mpatel@harthosp.org
LaSala
Christine
C
Tulikangas
Paul
P
O'Sullivan
David M
DM
Steinberg
Adam C
AC
D001003:Anal Canal / Q000293:injuries; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D005260:Female; D013509:Gynecologic Surgical Procedures / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D022125:Lacerations / Q000628:therapy*; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012007:Rectum / Q000293:injuries*; D014059:Tongue; D014741:Video Recording