Basically this article is stating a new method of teaching. This method involves using simulation dummies to teach doctors. "These mannequins are so sophisticated," Verdile said. "You can alter their ability to breathe, their blood pressure, their heart rate. You can make them cry. You can make them sob." The dummies act out many scenarios that can help medical students learn through experience. These dummies can act out scenarios like, child birth, cardiac arrest, and vomiting blood. The dummies also have dilating eyes, heartbeats, blood pressure, and sweat, blood, and tears. These scenarios can help future doctors practice spinal taps, robotic surgery, pelvic exams, intubations, catheterizations, tracheotomy, and endoscopy. This particular college, Albany Medical College, spent $200,000 to $500,000 for each dummies. And they now have four "sim men" and one "sim baby". I find this article very interesting particularly because, I plan on being a surgeon and it's fascinating to see the direction that medicine is heading in and the things that i may be doing when i am a medical student."The ability to mimic real-life physiology is really exciting," Verdile said. "The students get to understand the physiology and anatomy, and now the pharmacology, before they ever get to the bedside."
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Smart-dummies-make-better-doctors-2211345.php
1) Will this new method really help doctors feel more comfortable and knowledgeable when first starting out around patients?
2) Is the dummy worth all the money?
3) Is practicing on real humans better for learning?
4) Who created the idea for the use of dummies rather than humans?
5) Is this the future for medical science?
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