Abstract
This article was migrated. The article was not marked as recommended. Every person has been through a pregnancy at least once (as a fetus) and many will experience it several times. It is crucial that doctors are aware of the evidence base so to make good decisions and provide accurate advice in pregnancy. This review article summarises the evidence on Medical Education for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, with many generic points to allow others to apply teaching points to their own specialities.
Highlights
Every person has been through a pregnancy at least once and many will experience it several times
This review article summarises the evidence on Medical Education for undergraduate and postgraduate medical students, with many generic points to allow others to apply teaching points to their own specialities
Obstetrics and Gynaecology requires a different broader scope of skills when compared to general medicine, and students have expressed a lack of confidence when they enter the foreign world of the labour ward
Summary
Every human being has been exposed to pregnancy at least once. Some have had multiple exposures, either professionally or personally through their family. Students believe better feedback from faculty, as well as more structured and direct faculty contact would help clarify clerkship expectations and overall improve their clinical experience on the labour ward (De, 2004) Though this particular study was carried out within the department of surgery, parallels exist due to similarities in teaching from various team members of a group, either at different stages of training, or with slightly different training entirely as in the case of nurses and midwives. This lack of clinical exposure to the labour ward may hinder students’ full potential One study suggests both students and faculty might feel more confident if students are allowed time to acquaint themselves with the environment and refrain from having contact with patients on the first day on the labour ward. Suggestions made to improve male interest included efforts to stimulate interest pre-clerkship and recruitment could begin as early as matriculation to medical school (Hammoud, 2016)
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