The paradigm of surgical education is changing. Surgical residencies are now required to have skills laboratories so that varying degrees of surgical training and skills acquisition can occur outside of…
Simulation is becoming an integral part of the training and assessment of obstetricians. Given the variety of manual skills that must be learned, awake patients and high-risk environment, obstetrics is…
The explosion of information technology has created new opportunities and tools to assist the trainee in the process of learning. This chapter describes how the Royal College of Obstetricians and…
Subspeciality training in obstetrics and gynaecology in the United Kingdom was introduced more than 25 years ago following a report published by a working party of the Royal College of…
This article presents lessons learnt from experiences with assessment of professional competence. Based on Miller’s pyramid, a distinction is made between established assessment technology for assessing ‘knows’, ‘knowing how’ and…
In 2004, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) established a working group of experienced Fellows, Members, trainees and educationalists, who were responsible for writing and coordinating the development…
Pregnancy in women with pregestational diabetes is associated with high perinatal morbidity and mortality. Stillbirth accounts for the majority of cases with perinatal death. Intrauterine growth restriction, pre-eclampsia, foetal hypoxia…
1. (a) F (b) T (c) F (d) T (e) T In 2008 the total number of abortions in E&W was 195,296, compared to 198,499 in 2007, a fall of…
1. All women with diabetes should be advised that preconception care (PCC) will reduce their risk of the following pregnancy complications. a) Progression of retinopathy b) Preeclampsia. c) Congenital malformation….
Despite improvements in services for people with diabetes and an increased focus on care of diabetes in pregnancy, there has been no significant reduction in neonatal complications after pregnancy complicated…
