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To better represent different patient types, manikins and suture pads used for medical training have been diversified in skin color shades and body types.
AMANI BAYO Lantern reporter bayo.6@osu.edu College of Medicine students can now train as doctors using manikins and suture pads that better resemble patients with different skin colors and body types. Sheryl Pfeil, medical director of the Clinical Skills Education and Assessment
Center, said manikins often used in medical simulations at Ohio State only represented a single demographic, which is why using diverse equipment can help prepare students to treat real patients of all sizes and skin tones.
Jordan Haber, a second-year in the College of Medicine, said he recognized this disparity and participated in bringing this issue to the administration to acquire a diverse selection of training equipment for students.
“One is making sure that the experiences that we bring to our students are authentic, and they represent the experiences they will have and care for patients from the population wherever they practice,” Pfeil said.
Haber said it’s important for medical students to have training equipment that looks like them. CONTINUES ON PAGE 3