title: Acquisition of technical skills in ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia using a high-fidelity simulator.
abstract: Despite the increasing popularity of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA), structured training programs during residency are often lacking. The lack of a regional block area, lack of expertise, and lack of structured training programs have limited hands-on experience in residency programs. However, these constraints may be circumvented through the use of simulation. This observational study looked at the use of a high-fidelity simulator for training novice undergraduate students UGRA techniques. Despite some improvement in the second trial with the simulator, the ability to maintain visualization of their needle (p&lt;0.05), align needle with probe (p&lt;0.05), and angle their needle approach (p&lt;0.05), as well as reduce needle passes (p&lt;0.05) did not improve. The results show students had difficulty learning skills requiring more coordination and fine motor control.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
authors.forename: Jeffrey J H
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Ewen W
authors.initials: EW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yaseen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Al-Allaq
authors.forename: Nasim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nikravan
authors.forename: Colin J L
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: McCartney
authors.forename: Adam
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dubrowski
authors.forename: Imad T
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Awad
mesh_terms: D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007267:Injections; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods*; D011677:Punctures / Q000379:methods; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000379:methods*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics