Development of an education system of heart-lung machine operation utilizing an existing simulator

• Published in: Transactions of Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering Vol. Annual59; no. Abstract; p. 429
• Main Authors: Ohshima, Hiroshi, Utsuki, Tomohiko, Sato, Kodai, Yamazaki, Kiyoyuki
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Japanese
• Published: Japanese Society for Medical and Biological Engineering 2021; 公益社団法人 日本生体医工学会
• ISSN: 1347-443X; 1881-4379
• DOI: 10.11239/jsmbe.Annual59.429

As the consistent quantitative evaluation and training of heart-lung machine operation had not been realized yet by relevant existing simulators, in this study, a simulator was upgraded for realizing it and the educational effect by this realization was evaluated. This upgraded simulator can generate troubles in the simulation circuit, calculate evaluation from operation data, present optimal training, and perform operation training using moving images.The educational effect due to the use of this simulator were evaluated by the experiment in which 12 experimental subjects were divided into 2 groups, one that used it and the other that did not. As a result, the significant difference was not found on the educational effect, however some evaluation values concerned with it were improved by using the upgraded simulator. Therefore, the experiment with more subjects is necessary for more precise evaluation of this simulator, as reviewing the training content.