Laufer Shlomi, Rasske Kristen, Stopfer Lauren, Kurzynski Clair, Abbott Tim, Platner Megan, Towles Joseph, Pugh Carla M
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Surgery.
Department of Biomedical Engineering.
Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;220:193-8.
Sensor enabled simulators may help in training and assessing clinical skill. Their are imitations on the locations current sensors can be placed without interfering with the clinical examination. In this study novel fabric force sensors were developed and tested. These sensors are soft and flexible and undetectable when placed in different locations in the simulator. Five sensors were added to our current sensor enabled breast simulator. Eight participants performed the clinical breast examination on the simulator and documented their findings. There was a significant relationship for both clinical breast examination time (r(6) = 0.99, p < 0.001) and average force (r(6) = 0.92, p < 0.005) between our current sensors and the new fabric sensors. In addition the senors were not noticed by the participants. These new sensors provide new methods to measure and assess clinical skill and performance.
配备传感器的模拟器可能有助于临床技能的培训和评估。目前传感器的放置位置存在一些限制,在不干扰临床检查的情况下,其放置位置受到一定限制。在本研究中,开发并测试了新型织物力传感器。这些传感器柔软且灵活,放置在模拟器的不同位置时不易被察觉。我们在现有的配备传感器的乳房模拟器上增加了五个传感器。八名参与者在模拟器上进行了临床乳房检查,并记录了他们的发现。我们现有的传感器与新型织物传感器在临床乳房检查时间(r(6) = 0.99,p < 0.001)和平均力(r(6) = 0.92,p < 0.005)方面均存在显著相关性。此外,参与者未察觉到这些传感器。这些新传感器为测量和评估临床技能及表现提供了新方法。