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Postgraduate obstetrics and gynaecology experience: the role for early exposure.Rozen WM, Rozen G Department of Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia. warrenrozen@hotmail.com BACKGROUND: The early postgraduate years provide the opportunity for junior doctors to gain a range of experience and determine their focused areas of interest. Internship thus requires experience in medicine, surgery and the emergency department. Obstetrics and gynaecology (O & G) is not offered as an internship rotation, despite its suitability as such. A cross-sectional analysis of junior doctors was performed to assess residents' views on the suitability of an O & G rotation for career decision-making and for achieving sufficient clinical experience. METHODS: Fifty-two resident medical staff in their second postgraduate year were recruited and each was given an anonymous survey for completion. Visual analogue scales (VAS) were used for participant responses. RESULTS: For whether internship without an O & G rotation provides sufficient experience to include or exclude O & G as a career choice, the average participant response was 2.1 (on a VAS out of 10) (P<0.0001). For whether an O & G internship rotation would provide adequate medical, surgical or emergency department experience, the average response was 7.9 (on the VAS out of 10) (P<0.0001). As to whether participants would have preferred to undergo an O & G rotation during internship, the average response was 7.7 (P<0.0001). CONCLUSION: The present study demonstrated a perception by residents that an O & G rotation during internship would achieve adequate clinical competencies and assist in career decision-making in O & G, with residents preferring to have undergone an O & G rotation during internship. Published 22 November 2006 in Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol, 46(6): 538-40.
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