Hello, it’s NoelleTM. I think I am in labour…

The use of simulators has become an expectation for the teaching of health students. The ideal is that the student will practice all skills on a simulator before venturing out to real people. Enter NoelleTM created in the image of a pregnant woman who gives birth, talks and can haemorrhage on demand. The teacher is the puppeteer who breaths life into this creation and the student must imagine that this is a real life situation. Obstetrical simulators are also known as phantoms. What is it like to learn from a phantom?