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B.A.O. Degree Course

B.A.O. Degree Course. T.C.D. Final Medical Year 2007-2008. Aims of O&G Course . Knowledge, skills and attitudes adequate for all medical specialities except general practice and O&G Knowledge and attitudes needed for your personal life Opportunity to sample possible career in O&G.

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B.A.O. Degree Course

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  1. B.A.O. Degree Course T.C.D. Final Medical Year 2007-2008

  2. Aims of O&G Course • Knowledge, skills and attitudes adequate for all medical specialities except general practice and O&G • Knowledge and attitudes needed for your personal life • Opportunity to sample possible career in O&G

  3. Course Content • Clinical attachment May-June or Sept./October 2007 • Professorial End-of-week round-up every Friday afternoon • Short revision November 2007

  4. Clinical Course in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

  5. Formative Assessment OSCE June 2007, October 2007. Provisional Dates Thursday June 28th.1700hrs Thursday October 27th 1700hrs

  6. Final Examination

  7. Clinical Examination • Must pass in order to pass exam • One patient • 30 minutes with patient • 20 minutes with examiners • History, physical examination, discussion of case.

  8. Clinical Examination

  9. Textbooks to Own • Symonds Essential Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Impey Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Chamberlain ABC of Antenatal Care • Llewellyn-Jones Fundamentals of Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Problem Orientated Obstetrics and Gynaecology Symonds,Baker, Kean. • Campbell Obstetrics by Ten Teachers • Campbell Gynaecology by Ten Teachers

  10. Reference • Website –Royal College of Obstetricians –Green Top Guidelines • Cochrane Library –free on net-log in anonymously • Chamberlain andSteerTurnbull’s Obstetrics • ShawGynaecology • Chalmers, Enkin, Keirse Effective Care In Obstetrics and Gynaecology • James High Risk Pregnancy

  11. How to Fail O&G in Finals • Don’t attend clinical attachment every day • Don’t attend Friday afternoon session with Prof. • Fail General Practice and Community Medicine • If you get a fail mark in OSCE –ignore it! • Try to learn from books rather than attending hospitals

  12. How to Get Honours • Start now • Read theory while attending clinical course • See as much as you can while in teaching hospitals. Palpate abdomen whenever you can • Present a case whenever possible • Read a little extra – lay press, Lancet, BMJ, reference texts

  13. Professional Behaviour during Clinical Course • Respect confidentiality, privacy. • Look clean • Dress code • Go to wards singly or in pairs when possible

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