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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 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
Course Content • Clinical attachment May-June or Sept./October 2007 • Professorial End-of-week round-up every Friday afternoon • Short revision November 2007
Formative Assessment OSCE June 2007, October 2007. Provisional Dates Thursday June 28th.1700hrs Thursday October 27th 1700hrs
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.
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
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
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
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
Professional Behaviour during Clinical Course • Respect confidentiality, privacy. • Look clean • Dress code • Go to wards singly or in pairs when possible