Amniocentesis training model
Advancing skills in pre-natal diagnosis in high-risk pregnancies.
In April 2023, two amazing Obstetricians and Gynecologists from Kyiv and Zaporizhzhya spent a month at Yale New Haven Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
Amniocentesis, a new technique they learned, is now implemented for Ukrainian postgraduate trainees. Amniocentesis is a procedure during which amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in the uterus is collected and analyzed for genetic signatures or fetal lung maturity.
Dr. Polyakova invented a homemade simulation model with cooked macaroni and gel where macaroni serves as umbilical cord (should be avoided!) and gel serves as amniotic fluid (should be “collected”).
Watch the video!
This is a great practice model for the training physicians. This training can be applied to blood sampling in cases of twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome from within the vessel (macaroni).
