[Use of current technical teaching aids in postgraduate training of anesthetists]

The paper describes the unique experience in using and introducing the elements of a virtual approach to teaching practical skills. The Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitation has a large stock of various training mannequins at its disposal. They are suficiently accessible primarily to postgraduate educational program students (clinical residents). But in accordance with the continuing professional development system, the medical specialists trained at the Department have a good chance of working through elaborate technical manipulations on the mannequins, if they wish or the need arises. The mannequins have a broad spectrum of simulating the clinical situations, as well as a control system for the correctness of a trained physician's actions. The high professional training of the Department's students is also maintained by the application of a number of new technical training aids, including video materials and multimedia presentations.