Our department is teaching following courses:

Compulsory courses

• ·         Life cycle 1(Block 3.3) -----Third year
• ·         Life cycle III(Block 4.3)-----Forth year students
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Elective courses

• ·         Infertility
• ·         Sexually transmitted diseases

 

Details of compulsory courses.

• Department is involved in teaching of under graduate students through horizontal and vertical integration. Department is mainly teaching 3^rd year, 4rth with some contribution in early year as part of vertical integration.

 

 3^rd year. Block 3.3(life cycle 1)

•  COURSE TITLE: LIFE CYCLE 1
• CODE: - 1000-303
• CREDIT HOURS: 6
• This block consists of nine weeks (8 weeks of learning and 9^th week for assessment). In this block students acquire necessary knowledge skills and attitude in Obstetrics/ Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine, neonatology, related ethics and legal issues and oncology. Course content is divided into eight themes, these themes are taught over eight weeks.

  

Week                                                          Theme

• 1                                                                 Menstrual cycle
• 2                                                                 Cycle disorder, AUB & Contraception
• 3                                                                  (In)fertility
• 4                                                                 Pregnancy and birth
• 5                                                                 Prenatal diagnosis and screening
• 6                                                                 Pregnancy and complication
• 7                                                                 The newborn
• 8                                                                 Sex, STDs and Society
• 9                                                                 Assessment

Course content is taught through following strategies

• ·         Theme lectures
• ·         Patient presentation
• ·         Problem solving
• ·         Tutor group meetings(PBL)
• ·         Practicals
• ·         GH workshop
• ·         CST
• ·         SDL

Course Assessment:

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• CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT (25%)
•         Practical --------5%
•         CST------------------5%
•         Tutor group-------15%
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• FINAL ASSESSMENT (75%)
•          Written exam (MCQ) -----60%
•         Oral exam with clinical cases------15%
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•  4rth year. Life cycle 3.
• COURSE TILTLE:       Life cycle 3
• Course Code
• •             Male Students: 01- 403- 1000 CRN: 15648
• •             Female Students: 60- 403- 1000 CRN: 15643
•        Credit hours:  6 Credit Hours
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• •             This block consists of 6 working weeks and it is repeated four times through the academic year with new group of students each time.
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• •             The block is mainly concerned with teaching the principles and application of a model medical consultation Gynecology/ Obstetrics and Pediatric. Our department teach gynecological part of the block.
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• •             During the block consultation is first practiced during consultation sessions (similar to small PBL groups in the previous blocks) as role play among the students themselves and training for clinical examination techniques  on manikins, then on a simulated patient, and finally with an encounter with a real patient at a health facility (= bedside teaching). 
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• •             By completion of the course the student should be able to do consultation skills (history taking, physical examination, communication, clinical reasoning, and treatment advice, related ethics and legal issues) and attitudes that will enable them to: 
• ·         Integrate basic science knowledge (anatomy, physiology, pathology, pharmacology, microbiology), theoretical clinical knowledge, clinical and communication skills during clinical practice.
• ·         undergoes a complete (professional) medical consultation in the following specialties which directly deal maternal and child health and proper sexual and reproductive functioning:
• 1.            Gynecology & Obstetrics
• 2.            Neonatology & Pediatrics

           Pre-requisites for this course (if any):

• To pass all previous blocks and lines – revision of knowledge related gynecology, obstetrics and pediatrics from blocks 3.2. 3.3 and 3.4.
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• Course Description:
• Problem based learning coarse (student centered), 92% is practical (consultation and clinical examination), 8% interactive tutorial and lectures).
• Notes:

Topics Covered	Planned Contact Hours
Disorders of Menstrual Cycle	3
Infections	6
Uterovaginal prolapse	3
Urinary Incontinence	3
Infertility	3
Contraception: classification; indications; contraindications; side effects; Selection criteria	3
Benign tumors	3
Cancer: risk factors; staging; investigations and plan of treatment	3
Operations: Simple description, indications; contraindications and complications of - Dilatation n Curettage (D & C), Laparoscopy in gynecology, Hysterectomy, Bartholin cyst; abscess	3
Antenatal care ***	6
Bleeding in early pregnancy: Epidemiology, pathology, diagnosis and treatment plan of           Amenorrhea with pelvic pain ***	6
Abortions- Hydatidiform Mole	4
Ectopic pregnancy- ChorioCarcinoma	4
Antepartum hemorrhage ***	4
Pelvic pain ***	4
DM with pregnancy ***	3
Hypertension with pregnancy  ***	3
PROM ***	3
Fetal assessment tools: biophysical profile, non-stress test and stress test	3
Normal labor: process; stages; power; passenger; passages; partogram	6
Cardiotocography ***	3
Preterm labor ***	4
Obstructed labor: causes; Signs; complications and post partum hemorrhage	6
Operative: Simple description, indications; contraindications and complications of: Cesarean section, Forcpes & Ventouse, Uterine curettage	4

 

Assessment of course.

Formative Assessment

• Complete consultation on simulated patient during CTC weeks -----5%
• Group dynamic during consultation & Practical session. ----10%
• Case based discussion during clerkship = Hospital assessment. ----15%
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• Summative assessment
• Written Final-block assessment: MCQs--------30%
• Written Final-block assessment: Problem Solving-----10%
• OSCE exam: ---------------30%
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•   Contribution in other blocks.
•   - Block 1.1 and 1.3-------patient presentation on cervical cancer
•   - Block 3.2---------------Theme lecture on acute abdomen causes and management in gynecology
•   - Block 3.4------------- 2 Theme lecture: Menopause and HRT
•            1 Theme lecture: urinary incontinence
•            1 patient presentation: uterovaginal prolapse
•   - Our faculty also participate in PD4 and PD 5 activities.
•   - Our faculty also contribute in consultation line throughout year.