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

项目摘要/摘要 拟议的项目重点是创建一个减肥人体模型模拟器，以教育保健专业的学生 适合于减肥病人护理的特定和专门的适当技术。意义：肥胖是世界上 最严重且日益严重的健康问题。超过三分之二的成年人超重或肥胖， 肥胖患者比那些不超重的患者更有可能需要临床干预。AS 这样，医疗保健专业人员必须准备好照顾肥胖的患者。不幸的是，只有少数几个 现在市场上有减肥人体模型，而那些确实存在的人体模型主要是用来治疗病人的 转岗培训。我们提出的工作具有重大意义和创新性，因为它适当地解决了 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为减肥 病人护理，并以亲力亲为的方式进行。假设：我们假设一个 现实的减肥人体模型系统将支持增强的学习交互和增长的知识 转移临床教育以解决肥胖和超重患者的护理问题。在第一阶段工作中， 并对原型系统进行了成功的开发和分析。该技术的试验结果表明 达到或超过了高度的积极性、非凡的热情和所有第一阶段的成功标准。 具体目标：在第二阶段，提出了以下目标：1)开发一个完整的、可生产的系统； 2)设计用于该系统的全套课程和模拟课程3)验证 系统效用通过人体主体测试和专家对系统的评价。

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.