Continuing medical education in Brazil: what about obstetricians and gynecologists?

Continuing medical education in Brazil: what about obstetricians and gynecologists?

CONTEXT In Brazil, obstetricians and gynecologists are not required to submit to periodical evaluations to ascertain their professional competence in dealing with new concepts and therapies. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the performance of a group of obstetricians and gynecologists on a written evidence-based obstetrics test and determine their opinions and use of systematic reviews. TYPE OF STUDY...

The role of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in graduate medical education.

Reporting Vaccine Complications: What Do Obstetricians and Gynecologists Know About the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System?

BACKGROUND Obstetrician-gynecologists are increasingly called upon to be vaccinators as an essential part of a woman's primary and preventive health care. Despite the established safety of vaccines, vaccine adverse events may occur. A national Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) is a well-established mechanism to track adverse events. However, we hypothesized that many obstetrician-g...

Psychologists Partnering With Obstetricians and Gynecologists

As obstetrics and gynecology (ob/gyn) practices move toward becoming patient-centered medical homes for their patients, the need for providing integrated behavioral health care has increased. Themes common in ob/gyn settings—such as menstruation concerns, initiation of contraception, pregnancy, childbirth, and menopause—serve as occasions for health promotion and as life transitions where behav...

Continuing Education of Medical Community

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