Naso/Oropharyngeal Swab Specimen Trainer

Training tool improves deft of clinical skill and patient comfort

Correct oral, nasal pharyngeal swabbing training system
Interchangeable normal and deviated septa
Visual feedback of proper technique
Clear side view for real-time instructor observation and evaluation
Available for purchase or licensing

Licensing Manager: Tyler Scherr, Ph.D.
tyler.scherr@unmc.edu or 402-559-2140

Description

Training tool improves deft of clinical skill and patient comfort

The UNMC iEXCEL team, in collaboration with the Chamberlain Group, has created a novel oral/nasopharyngeal training model. This anatomically accurate model, created from a CT scan, is the most sophisticated and life-like trainer currently on the market.

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Christie Barnes, MD, assistant professor and rhinologist in the UNMC Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, simulates doing a nasal pharyngeal swab for COVID on the Oral Nasal Pharyngeal Anatomy Clinical Education trainer.

Nasopharyngeal swabbing has become a household term during the COVID pandemic. The technique is both critical for sampling potentially infected tissue and notorious for its discomfort on patients. The fact is that millions of front-line healthcare workers had never performed the technique, and far too few had even practiced the technique.

Enter the Oral Nasal Pharyngeal Anatomy Clinical Education trainers, or ONPACE. The portable trainers provide visual feedback of proper overall technique for the trainee, and contain a clear side view for real-time instructor observation and more precise feedback.

ONPACE trainers are available for purchase via The Chamberlain Group at https://www.thecgroup.com/product/onpace-training-system-9046/.

To discuss non-exclusive licensing opportunities contact Tyler Scherr, Ph.D., at tyler.scherr@unmc.edu or 402-559-2140.