Sabrina Campelo (MS’20) was awarded a grant from the Co-Lab to improve the quality of gynecological high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy education creating modular 3D printed pelvic teaching phantoms. This project would allow Radiation Oncology medical residents to have access to affordable training tools, granting them more opportunities to practice brachytherapy applicators and needle insertion on modular printed phantoms. The modularity of the prints will allow for easy simulation of different stages of disease, allowing for a more thorough and comprehensive training for medical residents before having to perform such a procedure on a patient. The project plans to use a combination of flexible and rigid printing materials to simulate different anatomy.
