Amal Alsalamah, Rudi Campo, Vasilios Tanos, Gregoris Grimbizis, Yves Van Belle, Kerenza Hood, Neil Pugh, Nazar Amso
BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography is a first-line imaging in the investigation of women's irregular bleeding and other gynaecological pathologies, e.g. ovarian cysts and early pregnancy problems. However, teaching ultrasound, especially transvaginal scanning, remains a challenge for health professionals. New technology such as simulation may potentially facilitate and expedite the process of learning ultrasound. Simulation may prove to be realistic, very close to real patient scanning experience for the sonographer and objectively able to assist the development of basic skills such as image manipulation, hand-eye coordination and examination technique...
2017: Gynecological Surgery