We live in a virtual world: Training the trainee using an integrated visual reality simulator curriculum.

Background: Gynaecology trainees struggle to obtain adequate procedural experience. Training programs integrating virtual reality simulators (VRS) have been suggested as a solution.

Aims: The study aimed to assess if a VRS training program (LapSim , Surgical Sciences, Göteborg, 2017) improved live operating performance at six months for novice and experienced trainees.

The influence of maternal ethnicity on neonatal respiratory outcome.

Objective: Higher rates of neonatal morbidity and mortality at term combined with earlier spontaneous delivery have led to the hypothesis that babies born to South Asian born (SA-born) women may mature earlier and/or their placental function decreases earlier than babies born to Australian and New Zealand born (Aus/NZ-born) women. Whether babies born to SA-born women do better in the preterm period, however, has yet to be evaluated. In this study we investigated respiratory outcomes, indicative of functional maturity, of preterm babies born to SA-born women compared with those of Aus/NZ-born women to explore this hypothesis further.

An Electrical Impedance-Based Assay to Examine Functions of Various Placental Cell Types In Vitro.

In vitro functional analyses of cells are widely used to investigate the molecular mechanisms involved in preeclampsia. Common cellular functions studied include adhesion, apoptosis, proliferation, migration, and invasion. At present, most researchers will use endpoint experimental assays that only allow the determination of cell function at a single time point, with the need to repeat the experiment for an alternate time point.