title: Teaching the Y generation obstetrics and gynaecology skills: a survey of medical students' thoughts on a new program.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Delivering undergraduate obstetrics and gynaecology teaching to classes of increasing size in ways which will foster student interest in the discipline is becoming increasingly challenging. With major curriculum change implemented at Otago Medical School in 2008, we had the opportunity to rise to this challenge.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess an innovative obstetrics and gynaecology history-taking and examination skills unit, introduced to third-year medical students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A survey of medical students and pregnant women who participated in the unit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a 92% response rate from students and a 73% response from the pregnant women who took part. Overall feedback was positive from both groups, with the unit being highly rated across a number of parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite increasing limitations on staffing, obstetric clinical skills can be taught to large class sizes with close contact between students and specialists, safely incorporating the use of 'real patients'. Students are very positive about this exposure to O&G, and we hope that this may result in increased student confidence and interest in O&G, with a subsequent improvement in recruitment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. helen.paterson@otago.ac.nz
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Paterson
authors.forename: Kristin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kenrick
authors.forename: Don
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D013337:Students, Medical; D055815:Young Adult