UK docs use porn gadgets for training

GIZMOS RULE! Docs used a porn shop to acquire some of the male body parts gadgets to train medical students.

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New Delhi: Doctors in UK are using porn shop gadgets to train medical students how to conduct surgery on most sensitive parts of human body, reports The Daily Mail.

Dr Carla Pugh an unlikely patron of porn shops is the assistant professor of surgery at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. She procured some of the male body parts to train medical students about human anatomy.

Pugh, 41, has patented technology that combines portions of fully formed anatomical mannequins with computers to teach medical students to do exams on the body's most private and sensitive areas—genitalia, breasts and rectums.

These are the exams, she said, that students are often most afraid of and that many medical school instructors, themselves often long-time practicing physicians, still find to be a source of embarrassment.

"We've got big issues in the US with sexuality," Pugh was quoted by the news daily. "These guys have to be able to do it and act professional, so that adds a lot of pressure."

Getting supplies to build the models was no easy task. Medical education has largely glossed over such training, limiting demand for products in the industry. In some cases, erotica was the only option, she said.

The simulators are a far cry from the flesh and bones of a living, breathing person. But they are close enough to the real thing to let students know whether their touch is too rough, too soft or if they've missed a key spot entirely.

With excerpts from The Daily Mail