Development of a Bariatric Mannequin System to Enable Realistic Examination Simulations of Obese Patients

项目总结/摘要 拟议项目的重点是创建一个减肥人体模型模拟器，以教育医疗保健学生， 专门针对肥胖症患者护理的适当技术。重要性：肥胖是世界上 最严重和日益严重的健康问题。超过三分之二的成年人超重或肥胖， 肥胖患者比不超重的患者需要临床干预的可能性更大。作为 因此，医护人员必须作好准备，照顾肥胖病人。不幸的是，只有少数 减肥人体模型在当今市场上是可获得的 转移训练。我们提出的工作是重要的和创新的，因为它解决了缺乏适当的 比例，现实和尊重的产品，以培训卫生保健提供者在适当的技术， 患者护理，并以参与，动手的方式进行。假设：我们假设， 逼真的减肥人体模型系统将支持增强的学习互动和增加知识 转移临床教育，以解决肥胖和超重患者的护理问题。在第一阶段的努力中， 原型系统的成功开发和分析。该技术的试点结果表明， 高度的积极性、异常的热情和所有第一阶段的成功指标都得到了满足或超过。 具体目标：在第二阶段，提出了以下目标：1）开发一个完整的，生产就绪的系统， 2)设计一套全面的课程和模拟课程，供系统使用3） 通过人体测试和专家评估系统的系统效用。

Project Summary/Abstract The proposed project focuses on creating a bariatric mannequin simulator to educate healthcare students on proper techniques specific and specialized to bariatric patient care. Significance: Obesity is one of the world’s most significant and growing health problems. More than 2 in 3 adults are overweight or have obesity and obese patients have a greater likelihood of requiring clinical intervention than those who are not overweight. As such, healthcare professionals must be prepared to care for bariatric patients. Unfortunately, only a few bariatric mannequins are available in the market today and those that do exist are used primarily for patient transfer training. Our proposed work is significant and innovative because it addresses the lack of appropriately proportioned, realistic, and respectful products to train health care providers in proper techniques for bariatric patient care and does so in an engaging, hands-on manner. Hypothesis: We hypothesize that creation of a realistic bariatric mannequin system will support enhanced learning interactions and increase knowledge transfer for clinical education in addressing the care of obese and overweight patients. In the Phase I effort a prototype system was successfully developed and analyzed. The pilot results of the technology demonstrated a high degree of positivity, exceptional enthusiasm, and all Phase I metrics of success were met or exceeded. Specific Aims: In Phase II the following aims are proposed: 1) Develop a complete, production-ready system, 2) Design a comprehensive suite of course and simulation curricula for use with the system 3) Validate the system utility through human subject testing and expert evaluation of the system.