To review our six year experience (2009-15) in teaching 3D pelvic floor ultrasonography workshops that utilized Pelvic Floor Phantoms (PFP) in the setting of an Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) methodology.

Four-hours OSATS workshops (table 1) were given at several society meetings and involved a didactic session, a hands-on session using the pelvic floor phantoms (figure 1), and a computer station session reviewing pelvic floor pathologies. We analyzed improvement in participants’ diagnostic skills using a test with 60 illustrated questions of normal and pathological findings in live human models.

243 attendees completed the 60 questions test before and after attending the workshop. Paired t-test showed a significant improvement in attendees’ average scores following the workshop in all categories: anatomy, normal or pathological endovaginal imaging and normal or pathological endoanal imaging (p<.001 for all). McNemar test showed statistically significant increased number of correct answers in 50 of 60 (83%) questions.

Attendees' diagnostic skills in pelvic floor 3D ultrasonography significantly increased following our workshops.

Our OSATS workshops incorporating pelvic floor phantoms can successfully be used to enhance trainees’ diagnostic skills in pelvic floor 3D endoluminal ultrasonography.