To the point: teaching the obstetrics and gynecology medical student in the operating room

• Published in: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology 2015-10, Vol.213 (4), p.464-468
• Main Authors: Hampton, Brittany S., MD, Craig, LaTasha B., MD, Abbott, Jodi F., MD, Buery-Joyner, Samantha D., MD, Dalrymple, John L., MD, Forstein, David A., DO, Hopkins, Laura, MD, McKenzie, Margaret L., MD, Page-Ramsey, Sarah M., MD, Pradhan, Archana, MD, Wolf, Abigail, MD, Graziano, Scott C., MD
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clinical Clerkship - methods; Curriculum; Education, Medical, Undergraduate - methods; Gynecology - education; Humans; medical student; Obstetrics - education; Obstetrics and Gynecology; operating room; Operating Rooms; teaching
• ISSN: 0002-9378; 1097-6868
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.04.002

This article, from the “To the Point” series that is prepared by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Medical Education Committee, is a review of considerations for teaching the medical student in the operating room during the obstetrics/gynecology clerkship. The importance of the medical student operating room experience and barriers to learning in the operating room are discussed. Specific considerations for the improvement of medical student learning and operating room experience, which include the development of operating room objectives and specific curricula, an increasing awareness regarding role modeling, and faculty development, are reviewed.