Okay so this is just bizarre. As I watched this, I thought," how in the world is this preparing medical students to attend a woman in labor?" I get that they get to practice sitting at the foot of the bed but are they at all seeing normal birth? First, the robot is silent and lays in the lithotomy position(flat on her back with her legs pulled back) This is the least physiological position to give birth in. They say in the clip that she is just like a real "patient" because she is in the right (bad) position on the table and they even have an IV in her...haha. What about a real woman with real emotions giving labor?? No wonder the majority of the medical world does not think of laboring women as real people. As I watch the robot give birth, it is like she is of no consequence..just a body from which to extract a baby. Is this how your local hospital sees you? This does not train medical professionals how to work with a woman who does NOT want an IV or to be on her back. This robot can not give birth in any other position than this. SO what do you think this medical student will do when his first real laboring mother wants to be on her hands and knees on top of the bed? It will blow his/her mind! That is..if it is even allowed. I am saddened to see so much perpetuation of the passive laboring and birthing mother. I don't even like hearing that a Dr. "delivered" someone's baby...the MOTHER is the one birthing the baby for goodness sake. I also noticed that this robot must be numb waist down because he says..as the head is coming out.."a little pressure." hahahahaha What will this new Dr. do when a woman is feeling that head come out...hopefully they will not say,"a little pressure.." Okay, just watch this yourself and be amused by it.
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As a future medical student I'm excited to use this new technology to learn. As the women in the video mentioned the main purpose of this is to help the dr. and nurses learn to communicate to have smooth teamwork. During the 3rd and 4th year of medical school, students see the real thing during their hospital rotations, these simulators are mainly used for 2nd year students to get an idea of what the steps are during labor, Obviously the sim. isn't as good as first hand, but I would rather be somewhat familiar with the process before put right there to assist the Dr. without any previous experience. I do find it a amused at the technology we have today to train professionals be even better than they are now.
What??? Sarah, your birth wasn't just like this? LOL! It was just like that for me! I was totally silent and calm, the way nature intended, duh! ;)
This is pretty much exactly why I'm on the search for midwives/birthcenters in Mississippi.
Wish me luck!
I love how the doctor just reached in and pulled out the placenta. THAT is why I had retained placenta, idiot. You don't pull out the placenta!!!
FYI, you are not an idiot Sarah, the Dr. delivering the "realistic" robot is an idiot.
The idea of the robot for training during the 2nd year of med school is good. However, like you stated, this one falls short in some serious ways. They need to upgrade the robot to teach med student different birthing positions. Perhaps then more doctors would start "allowing" the mom to choose the birthing position that is most comfortable for them.
I totally see where it can be of use but I just thought of the irony of the training tool as an immobile and non-feeling robot. I just tend to see women being treated as such in the hospitals. It is interesting and would be fun to "practice with" but like Becca said, it falls short.
Your post totally just inspired a blog post on my blog! I started typing it into a comment here and then realized it was worthy of its own post and instead of hijack your comments, I'm posting it there. Here's the link if you are interested: http://descentintomotherhood.blogspot.com/2010/02/applying-mcfi-to-virtual-maternity-care.html
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