Transcript How to improve our training curriculum

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How to improve our
training curriculum
Katrín Kristjánsdóttir
Ómar Sigurvin
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Overview
Training
environment
Training
requirements
Resident
Survey - How are we doing?
How
can we improve?
+ Landspítali University Hospital, Kvennadeild:
Department of Obstetrics and gynecology
 Referral
center for all Iceland:
Approx. 3500 deliveries/year; 70% of all
deliveries, nearly all the preterm.
25 bed gynecological unit. Referral of all
gynecological cancers.
 University
hospitals of a similar size in
Nordic countries: Odense, Lund,
Trondheim, Turku
+ Icelandic requirements for specialist
training in Obstetrics and gynecology
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Four years of Obstetrics and Gynecology
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One year of General Surgery
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No mention of training abroad
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Landspitali University Hospital´s department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology ( 3500 del./year) offers 2-3
year training posts
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Almost all go abroad for further training
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RCOG accreditates 2 years of training at Landspitali
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Resident survey - How are we doing?
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Sent to 32 ob&gyn residents currently or recently in the
Icelandic program
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Nine compound questions
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Answers 25 = 78%
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How well could you attend
scheduled teaching?
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Compared to other specialities,
scheduled teaching is...
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Specialist’s interests in teaching
+ I’ve done the following number of operations
+ I’ve done the following number of operations
20
18
16
14
12
0
1 to 5
5 to 10
10 to 50
>50
10
8
6
4
2
0
Vacuum
extractions
Forceps
extractions
Caesarean
sections
Strengths?
Weaknesses?
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How to improve our training
curriculum
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Identify education
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Clinical
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Academic
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Protect education time
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2 year curriculum
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Morbidity and Mortality
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Supervision
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Evaluation- feedback
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Educational opportunities
Academic
education
Lectures, conferences, journal
etc.
Simulation training
Clinical
education
Clinical
work
Obstetric and Gyn cases
clubs
Protected educational
time!
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2 year curriculum
Our
program has resident
trainees that stay with us for 2
years
 Identify
educational objectives
 Create an educational curriculum that
rotates biannually
Morbidity and Mortality
Supervision
Evaluation and Feedback