title: Can we teach core clinical obstetrics and gynaecology skills using low fidelity simulation in an interprofessional setting?
abstract: Core clinical skills acquisition is an essential component of undergraduate medical and midwifery education. Although interprofessional education is an increasingly common format for learning efficient teamwork in clinical medicine, its value in undergraduate education is less clear. We present a collaborative effort from the medical and midwifery schools of Monash University, Melbourne, towards the development of an educational package centred around a core skills-based workshop using low fidelity simulation models in an interprofessional setting. Detailed feedback on the package was positive with respect to the relevance of the teaching content, whether the topic was well taught by task trainers and simulation models used, pitch of level of teaching and perception of confidence gained in performing the skill on a real patient after attending the workshop. Overall, interprofessional core skills training using low fidelity simulation models introduced at an undergraduate level in medicine and midwifery had a good acceptance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Arunaz
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gilmour
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nestel
authors.forename: Robyn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aldridge
authors.forename: Gayle
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McLelland
authors.forename: Euan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001810:Blood Volume; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000193:education; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D058869:Gynecological Examination; D006176:Gynecology / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008348:Manikins; D008880:Midwifery / Q000193:education*; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D065006:Papanicolaou Test; D020377:Self Efficacy; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis
keywords: education; gynaecology; interprofessional; obstetric; simulation