Everyone knows that in order to become skilled at a task, you must learn through experience. That is exactly what Noelle, an anatomically correct rubber model of a pregnant woman’s body embedded with computer chips, is doing for the obstetricians learning at Jacobi Hospital’s Institute for Medial Simulation and Advanced Learning. For obstetricians who want to prevent birth injuries from occurring during actual labor situations, this pregnant simulator with a simulated baby creates shoulder dystocia situations, oxygen problems, and other potential labor complications.

According to International Business Times, some medical situations are rare in real-life settings, so that doctors may not have the opportunity to teach a resident in training. In addition, this on-the-job training often involves more descriptions of what the teacher is doing, rather than allowing the student to accomplish the task. The training classes that go along with the simulations at Jacobi Hospital also allow the doctors to try several maneuvers for shoulder dystocia in order to find out which method works best, thus improving patient care.

One doctor stated that she encountered a shoulder dystocia emergency after her simulation class, and she knew exactly which steps to take and which maneuvers to try. Though the simulators are still expensive (pregnant Noelle is $38,000), this new kind of training is exactly what doctors need in order to avoid problems with shoulder dystocia and even brain injuries in the delivery room.

Cappolino Dodd Krebs LLP– birth trauma attorney