title: Three partial-task simulators for teaching ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia.
abstract: Simulation-based training is becoming an accepted tool for educating physicians before direct patient care. As ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA) becomes a popular method for performing regional blocks, there is a need for learning the technical skills associated with the technique. Although simulator models do exist for learning UGRA, they either contain food and are therefore perishable or are not anatomically based. We developed 3 sonoanatomically based partial-task simulators for learning UGRA: an upper body torso for learning UGRA interscalene and infraclavicular nerve blocks, a femoral manikin for learning UGRA femoral nerve blocks, and a leg model for learning UGRA sciatic nerve blocks in the subgluteal and popliteal areas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases, New York, NY 10003, USA. andrew.rosenberg@nyumc.org
authors.forename: Andrew D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Jovan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Popovic
authors.forename: David B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Robert A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Mitchell H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Marshall
authors.forename: Richard M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Sommer
authors.forename: Germaine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cuff
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005267:Femoral Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D035002:Lower Extremity / Q000294:innervation*; D008348:Manikins; D009407:Nerve Block; D012584:Sciatic Nerve / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D060726:Torso / Q000294:innervation*; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional