Barbara Matarrelli

Keywords Mannequin Residency Simulation training Trainees Vaginal breech delivery Introduction The incidence of breech presentation at term is approximately 3–6 % [1,2]. One critical area of obstetrics that demands proficient training is the management of breech deliveries. In 2000 the Term Breech Trial significantly impacted the approach to breech presentation at term, finding that cesarean section (CS) was safer than vaginal delivery for term breech presentations [3].

Highlights • Learning skills for operative vaginal delivery. • Residency programme on labour and delivery simulators. • Retention of acquired skills. • Obstetric emergency and simulator training. Abstract To assess the effect of two modalities of simulation training on acquisition/retention of skills for performing operative vaginal delivery. Randomized, controlled, single-centre study. A tertiary referral hospital in Italy. Twenty residents from a single university programme and two young specialists.