Clay Modeling as a Haptic Model to Teach a Hysterectomy Procedure and Pelvic Anatomy to Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents

Abstract

and encouraged throughout each of the two 2-hour lecture and clay modeling sessions. A posttest was administered at the end of each session.RESULTS: Using one-tailed dependent variable t test for comparison of means, there was a significant difference (P,.05) between pretest and posttest scores for all students. There was no significant difference between the mean pretest and posttest scores of the third-year medical compared with the physician assistant students. The group as a whole showed significant improvement in knowledge (P,.05). The dyads showed marked improvement in scores when compared with individual results.CONCLUSION: Clay modeling with concurrent lecture is an effective method to help third-year medical and physician assistant students review internal and external female pelvic anatomy. Interestingly, despite previous shorter anatomy training, the physician assistant students knew as much pelvic anatomy as the medical students.

Learner Drawing and Sculpting in Surgical Education: A Systematic Review

“…[14][15][16][17][18][19][20] The other five publications described initiatives aimed at teaching or assessing surgical anatomy or knowledge and were either a case report, a case-control, or a cohort study. [21][22][23][24][25] Seven articles reported educational interventions for plastic surgeons only, 14-18 , 20 , 25 two for obstetrics and gynecology (OBGYN) residents, 21 , 22 one for medical students, as well as plastic and orthopaedic surgeons, 24 one for neurosurgeons, 23 and one for any surgeon. 19…”

“…Patel et al tested a similar hypothesis with ten OBGYN residents and found improved test scores immediately after a clay modeling session; however, their design lacked a control group and follow-up. 22 While they found improvement between pre-and post-test scores across all levels of residents, they also noted more significant improvement in the PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents compared to PGY-4 residents.…”

“…Two of the 12 articles used learner creation of art as a testing tool 24 , 25 and the rest used drawing or sculpting to teach. [14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] Six described optional courses for residents and attendings; [15][16][17][18][19][20] five described initiatives incorporated into the resident curriculum, 14 , 21-23 , 25 and one was a single experiment spanning many levels of surgical training. 24 Only two of the five initiatives integrated into residency programming were offered multiple years.…”

Applied anatomy knowledge in gynaecology and obstetrics: the trainees’ perception

“…A multicenter, randomised controlled trial reported a significant improvement in laparoscopic hysterectomy skills of O&G trainees after using the Laparoscopic Hysterectomy Trainer [14]. Another method is joining clay modelling with lectures which was shown to be an effective method of teaching female pelvic anatomy for trainees [15].…”