Teaching medical ethics in Manchester within the introductory course of obstetrics and gynaecology is a joint activity with the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy. This interdisciplinary teaching has evolved through lecture sessions with small-group discussions dealing with topics of interest in human reproduction. The small-group discussion have been replaced by an open debate conducted by th...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this project was to develop a reproducible system that measures quantity and quality of teaching in unduplicated hours, such that comparisons of teaching activities could be drawn within and across departments. Such a system could be used for allocating teaching monies and for assessing teaching as part of the promotion and tenure process. METHODS Various teaching activi...

1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jikei Kashiwa Hospital, 163-1Kashiwashita, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba277-8567, Japan 2Department of Clinical Trial, Design & Management, Translational Research Center, Kyoto University Hospital, 54 Shogoin Kawahara-Cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan 3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 NishiShinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160...

683 A CASE OF MESENTERIC CYST CONFUSED WITH OVARIAN ENDOMETRIOMA Se Ik Kim, MD, Young Dae Kim, MD, Hye Seung Lee, MD, PhD, Byung Chul Jee, MD, PhD Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul; Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Se...

background: burnout is currently a major concern among physicians due to their high level of stress at work. there are several reports on various levels of burnout in residency programs due to several predisposing factors. the aim of this systematic review was to estimate a more precise prevalence of burnout among residents of obstetrics and gynecology. methods: pubmed, science direct and scopu...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of the problem-based learning method on student grade and on student and faculty satisfaction. STUDY DESIGN The problem-based learning method was instituted at 2 of 5 obstetrics/gynecology clerkship sites. Students and faculty were surveyed, with the use of a Likert scale, regarding aspects of satisfaction with the clerkship. Resp...

Congratulations are in order for the rebirth of our society’s official journal as “Obstetrics & Gynecology Science.” Moreover, I am greatly honored and privileged to have been granted an opportunity through the naming contest to make a small contribution in this historical transition. When a child is born, the very first thing the parents do is name the child. Just as in placing a cornerstone i...

It has never been right to practise obstetrics and gynaecology in a purely mechanistic style. Medical practitioners have always discussed and argued, often driven by their patients, both the ethical framework and the individual circumstantial detail of practice within this specialty. This chapter starts by discussing the place of ethics and minimum core values for practice. Their integration in...

1 Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 2 Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 3 Evidence to Policy Initiative (E2Pi), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United State...