Teaching project: a low-cost swine model for chest tube insertion training.
OBJECTIVE
to describe and evaluate the acceptance of a low-cost chest tube insertion porcine model in a medical education project in the southwest of Paraná, Brazil.


METHODS
we developed a low-cost and low technology porcine model for teaching chest tube insertion and used it in a teaching project. Medical trainees - students and residents - received theoretical instructions about the procedure and performed thoracic drainage in this porcine model. After performing the procedure, the participants filled a feedback questionnaire about the proposed experimental model. This study presents the model and analyzes the questionnaire responses.


RESULTS
seventy-nine medical trainees used and evaluated the model. The anatomical correlation between the porcine model and human anatomy was considered high and averaged 8.1±1.0 among trainees. All study participants approved the low-cost porcine model for chest tube insertion.


CONCLUSIONS
the presented low-cost porcine model for chest tube insertion training was feasible and had good acceptability among trainees. This model has potential use as a teaching tool in medical education.
Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Foz do Iguaçu, PR, Brasil.
Fernando Antonio Campelo Spencer
FA
Netto
Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Camila Garcia
CG
Sommer
Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Michael de Mello
Mde M
Constantino
Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Michel
M
Cardoso
Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Raphael Flávio Fachini
RF
Cipriani
Hospital Universitário do Oeste do Paraná, Cascavel, PR, Brasil.
Renan Augusto
RA
Pereira
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D023421:Models, Animal; D013552:Swine; D013907:Thoracostomy / Q000193:education*; D055815:Young Adult