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Routine ultrasound may have a positive effect on obstetric outcome when determination of gestational age and placental localization are combined with evaluation for multiple gestation, congenital anomalies and growth retardation. The potential risk and benefit of obstetric ultrasound must be better understood before this procedure is used as a screening tool in large populations.
This paper describes an organic model used successfully to demonstrate flexible sigmoidoscopy to family medicine residents. Its advantages include low cost, portability, disposability, and ease with which it induces laughter while its drawbacks are unique and well worth tolerating.