• BMC medical education · Jan 2008

    A skin abscess model for teaching incision and drainage procedures.

    • Michael T Fitch, David E Manthey, Henderson D McGinnis, Bret A Nicks, and Manoj Pariyadath.
    • Emergency Medicine Educational Research and Development Group, Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. mfitch@wfubmc.edu
    • BMC Med Educ. 2008 Jan 1;8:38.

    BackgroundSkin and soft tissue infections are increasingly prevalent clinical problems, and it is important for health care practitioners to be well trained in how to treat skin abscesses. A realistic model of abscess incision and drainage will allow trainees to learn and practice this basic physician procedure.MethodsWe developed a realistic model of skin abscess formation to demonstrate the technique of incision and drainage for educational purposes. The creation of this model is described in detail in this report.ResultsThis model has been successfully used to develop and disseminate a multimedia video production for teaching this medical procedure. Clinical faculty and resident physicians find this model to be a realistic method for demonstrating abscess incision and drainage.ConclusionThis manuscript provides a detailed description of our model of abscess incision and drainage for medical education. Clinical educators can incorporate this model into skills labs or demonstrations for teaching this basic procedure.

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