Regional anesthesia and pain medicine
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Reg Anesth Pain Med
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Reg Anesth Pain Med · Mar 2019
Face and construct validity of TU-Delft epidural simulator and the value of real-time visualization.
Learning epidural anesthesia traditionally involves bedside teaching. Visualization aids or a simulator can help in acquiring motor skills, increasing patient safety and steepening the learning curve. We evaluated the face and construct validity of the TU-Delft Epidural Simulator and the effect of needle visualization. ⋯ The TU-Delft Epidural Simulator is a useful tool for teaching motor skills during epidural needle placement. Prior use of a visualization tool improves performance even without visual support during consequent simulations.