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Introduction of an undergraduate interprofessional simulation based skills training program in obstetrics and gynaecology in India
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Interprofessional simulation based education (SBE) improves core clinical skills and team training in obstetrics and gynaecology. In this innovative study, the introduction of an undergraduate interprofessional SBE program for teaching obstetrics and gynaecology skills in India was evaluated. The study attempted to evaluate the feasibility and benefit of the interprofessional skills training workshop in obstetrics and gynaecology, which was introduced for medical and midwifery students in a secondary level hospital in India. The program focuses on improving "hands-on" clinical skills and can be explained by the "skills acquisition theory". Using a survey, participants rated relevance, pitch and confidence (on a 5-point Likert scale) and described the contextualisation and teaching of core clinical skills through the workshop using free-text. Descriptive analysis of quantitative Likert scale responses and thematic analysis of the free-text data was conducted and themes identified. Ninety-five medical and midwifery students attended the inaugural workshop, in a low-resource setting. The clinical experience in obstetrics and gynaecology across both groups was minimal, neither were they exposed to any prior SBE. Both health professional groups found the workshop useful, relevant and improved their confidence in performing vaginal examination and births. The key theme, which emerged from qualitative analysis, was "getting hands-on" experience. Other themes included learning by simulation without clinical time constraints, retaining the ability to make mistakes, bridging theory to practice, valuing interprofessional experience and ensuring equal learning opportunities for all participating professional groups. The advantages of interprofessional SBE, for medical and midwifery students, are reproducible in a low-resource setting, and may be be helpful for learning intimate clinical examination, obstetric procedures and team training.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gorantla, S., Bansal, U., Singh, J. V., Dwivedi, A. D., Malhotra, A., & Kumar, A.
- Affiliations
- Monash University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Kumar, Arunaz
- Venue
- Advances in Simulation
- Published
- 2019-04-18
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 6-6
- ISSN
- 2059-0628 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6471777
- OpenAlex
- W2945219451
- Cited by
- 34
- References
- 1
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- 2026: 2 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 8 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 3.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Advances in Simulation (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Monash University Research Portal (Monash University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Funders
- Royal Australasian College of Physicians (Eric Burnard)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Surgical Simulation and Training
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
- Keywords
- interprofessional education, simulation-based education, obstetrics and gynecology education, medical students, midwifery students, vaginal examination, resource-limited settings, team training, undergraduate medical education, India
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