This part contains the intended learning outcomes (ILOs), which are the minimum outcomes that trainers should acquire /master after successful completion of the program.
ILOs are organized in the following categories.
- Knowledge & understanding.
- Intellectual & professional skills.
- General & transferrable skills.
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Knowledge and Understanding
By the end of the first year the obstetrics and gynecology resident should be able to demonstrate an adequate level of knowledge and demonstrate understanding in the following areas of core knowledge pertaining to the corresponding rotations. Items should be covered by Lectures and self and E- Learning, as well as training courses:
Obstetrics
- The components of prenatal care
- Prenatal labs
- Normal and abnormal labor
- Antepartum and intrapartum fetal monitoring
- Normal physiological changes of pregnancy
- Obstetrical lacerations
- Routine postpartum care
- Indications for operative vaginal deliveries Indications for cesarean delivery
- Indications of cesarean section
- Recognize common abnormalities in the obstetrical exam such as abnormal fundal height, abnormal blood pressure
Gynecology
- Pelvic anatomy
- Physiology of a normal menstrual cycle
- Contraceptive options
- Gynecological emergencies
- Infections that primarily affect the vagina and vulva
- Differentiate between Types of abortion
- Sterile techniques and infection prevention measures
- Informed consent process
- Normal postoperative care
- Postoperative pain management
Reproductive endocrinology and Infertility
- Physiology or reproduction including the hypothalamic -pituitary-ovarian axis, adrenal steroidogenesis and thyroid gland
- Female and male gametogenesis
- Hyperprolactinemia
- Primary and secondary infertility
- Polycystic ovarian disease
- Galactorrhea
