Realistic simulations of the following disorders:
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Localized tenderness over:
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Appendix
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Descending colon
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Gallbladder
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Ovaries
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Pancreas
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Upper epigastric region
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Urinary bladder
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Localized tenderness and guarding over:
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Appendix
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Colon
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Gallbladder
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Ovaries
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Organomegaly involving:
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Liver
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Spleen
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Urinary bladder
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Medicine's only fully automated, abdominal simulator!
Automatic electrical and mechanical setup-- No need to manually adjust the AbSim between cases!
Menu-driven (using the connected computer).
Works with Windows 10 OS.
Designed specifically to support self-directed learning.
Enables students to easily select specific competencies and the order in which they wish to develop them.
Change from one disorder to the next in 10 - 15 seconds.
Supports multiple practice opportunities while providing immediate corrective feedback as necessary.
Instructional Features:
A milestone-driven approach to developing abdominal examination competencies.
5 Milestones:
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Palpate the abdomen to an appropriate depth.
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Perform a thorough palpatory examination of the abdomen.
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Reliably detect palpatory findings associated with the above disorders.
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Reliably identify randomly selected abdominal disorders.
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Reliably diagnose historical and physical findings associated with a number of common and important abdominal presentations.
Assessment features:
Supports OSCE-based assessments of abdominal examination competencies.
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Use AbSim to augment or replace standardized patient-based OSCE stations with fully-automated and consistently replicated high fidelity portrayals of a wide variety of abdominal disorders.
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Ability to portray several disorders dramatically increases the reliability of abdominal OSCE station assessments.
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Verify the depth and thoroughness of the abdominal examination.
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Verify the learners' capacity to detect a wide variety of abdominal disorders.
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Verify the learners' capacity to competently diagnose a number of important abdominal conditions.