Development of a Smartphone-Based Skin Simulation Model for Medical Education.
Journal
Simulation in healthcare : journal of the Society for Simulation in Healthcare
ISSN: 1559-713X
Titre abrégé: Simul Healthc
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101264408
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 Dec 2021
01 Dec 2021
Historique:
pubmed:
22
10
2020
medline:
15
12
2021
entrez:
21
10
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Teaching dermatology to medical students entails a series of lectures, pictures, and hands-on skin examinations to convey a sense of skin features and textures, often by use of simulated skin models. However, such methods can often lack accurate visual and tactile texture representation of skin lesions. To facilitate learning, we have developed a smartphone-based skin simulation model, which provides a configurable visual and tactile sense of a lesion by using the ubiquitous availability of smartphone-based mobile platforms. A polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) overlay was used as a configurable translucent elastomer material to model the stiffness and texture of skin. A novel custom smartphone-based app was developed to capture images of various skin lesions, which were subsequently displayed on a tablet or second smartphone, over which the PDMS model skin elastomer was placed. Using the local Bluetooth connection between mobile devices, an iterative feedback algorithm corrected the visual distortion caused by the optical scattering of the translucent elastomer, enabling better virtual visualization of the lesion. The developed smartphone-based app corrected the distortion of images projected through the simulated skin elastomer. Surface topography of the developed PDMS elastomer provided a more accurate representation of skin texture. In this investigation, we developed a smartphone-based skin lesion visualization app with a simulated skin elastomer for training/education in not only dermatology but also all general medical specialties that examine the skin. This technique has the potential to advance the educational experience by giving students the ability to see, touch, and feel pragmatic skin textures and lesions.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33086367
pii: 01266021-202112000-00007
doi: 10.1097/SIH.0000000000000509
pmc: PMC8580374
mid: NIHMS1751054
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
414-419Subventions
Organisme : NCI NIH HHS
ID : R01 CA213149
Pays : United States
Organisme : NIBIB NIH HHS
ID : R01 EB013723
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2020 Society for Simulation in Healthcare.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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