Teaching project: a low cost swine model for chest tube insertion training.
OBJECTIVE to describe and evaluate the acceptance of a low cost chest tube insertion porcine model in a medical education project in the southwest of Parana, Brazil. METHODS we developed a low cost and low technology porcine model for teaching chest tube insertion and used it in a teaching project. Medical trainees students and residents received theoretical instructions about the procedure and performed thoracic drainage in this porcine model. After performing the procedure, the participants filled a feedback questionnaire about the proposed experimental model. This study presents the model and analyzes the questionnaire responses. RESULTS seventy nine medical trainees used and evaluated the model. The anatomical correlation between the porcine model and human anatomy was considered high and averaged 8.1+ 1.0 among trainees. All study participants approved the low cost porcine model for chest tube insertion. CONCLUSION the presented low cost porcine model for chest tube insertion training was feasible and had good acceptability among trainees. This model has potential use as a teaching tool in medical education.
Revista do Colegio Brasileiro de Cirurgioes