Fetal birth simulation teaching system

Abstract

The maternal confinement is a compulsory course for the obstetricians. It is a highly professional, technical and practical course. Generally, the multimedia is used to group teach obstetrics techniques via classroom demonstration. However, due to the lack of authenticity and interactivity features, this approach is not fundamentally to meet the modern teaching of medical simulation teaching situations and individual teaching needs. The advancement of electronic and digital signal processing technologies facilitates simulating this learning environment. This study aims to develop a fetal birth simulation teaching system for assisting teachers and obstetrics and gynecology students in obstetrics teaching and learning. Fetal birth simulation teaching system includes a simulation pregnant woman and baby, fetal tone controller, fetal birth controller, contraction controller and the software package on PC. There is a dual-display design in the software. One display shows the main interface of the program, in which set the parameters of the simulation fetal birth, such as the style of the fetal birth and fetal birth rate, etc. The other display shows the vital signs of the pregnant woman and the fetal likes the vital signs monitor. In addition, the system integrated the CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) to train the student to rescue the pregnant woman whom in the dangerous situation. © 2011 IEEE.