Development of full body pregnancy simulator for total midwifery education

助产学教育的目的是培养通过直接接触生殖器官（眼部检查、听诊、测量、触诊和内部检查）进行诊断的能力。然而，日本不断下降的出生率减少了这种关于真实怀孕的学习机会，为了进行可靠的诊断和无痛护理，有必要以另一种方式进行实践。这就是这个全尺寸模拟模型的目的。它允许准确观察一个完整的孕妇身体为助产教育。这个训练模拟器采用孕妇完整身体的形式。它具有可交换的单元部件，用于外部和内部检查，分娩，产褥期和止血，以及可能的助产全程模拟。该模型配备了胚胎及其尾翼，一个产生胚胎心音的装置，乳房，灵活的髋关节和膝关节，可以模拟自由分娩。

The aim of education in midwifery is to develop the ability to diagnose by direct contact with reproductive organs (ocular inspection, ausculation, measurement, palpation and internal examination). However, Japan's decreasing birth-rate lessens the opportunity for such learning on real pregnancies, and in order to perform solid diagnosis and painless care, it is necessary to practise in another way. This is the purpose of this full-scale simulation model. It allows accurate observations of a full pregnant-body for midwifery education.This training simulator takes the form of the complete body of a pregnant woman. It has exchangeable unit parts for the practice of extemal and internal examinations, delivery, puerperium and hemostasis, and the total simulation of midwifery possible. The model is equipped with embryo and its tailpieces, a device to generate the heartsound of embryo, breasts, and flexible coxae and knee joints to enable simulation of free-style delivery.