• Jeffrey J H Cheung, Ewen W Chen, Yaseen Al-Allaq, Nasim Nikravan, Colin J L McCartney, Adam Dubrowski, and Imad T Awad.
• Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.
• Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011 Jan 1;163:119-24.

AbstractDespite the increasing popularity of ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia (UGRA), structured training programs during residency are often lacking. The lack of a regional block area, lack of expertise, and lack of structured training programs have limited hands-on experience in residency programs. However, these constraints may be circumvented through the use of simulation. This observational study looked at the use of a high-fidelity simulator for training novice undergraduate students UGRA techniques. Despite some improvement in the second trial with the simulator, the ability to maintain visualization of their needle (p<0.05), align needle with probe (p<0.05), and angle their needle approach (p<0.05), as well as reduce needle passes (p<0.05) did not improve. The results show students had difficulty learning skills requiring more coordination and fine motor control.

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