For Educators
APGO is committed to leading medical faculty in their efforts to enhance their expertise in teaching women's health. Our publications and seminars help faculty keep their knowledge up to date, and their teaching approaches fresh and innovative.
Member Action
This new link takes APGO members to a one-stop entry point to manage your APGO membership, including: register for meetings, search the APGO Membership Directory for a colleague, update your profile or renew your membership.
Meetings
APGO holds major meetings and seminars annually which focus on continuing education.
EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
eLearn
The following resources can be found under eLearn, the electronic resources section of the site:
APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives, 8th Edition & Clinical Cases
The 8th edition of the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives is available online, including new teaching cases, as a member benefit to APGO member and institutional departments who have paid their annual dues. All faculty in paid member departments have access.
Clinical Cases for Teaching and Learning
The APGO UMEChas produced 34 new teaching cases, linked to the Priority 1 Objectives in the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives. Each includes a clinical case for discussion, with both a preceptor handout with objectives, clinical case and discussion questions, along with essential points to be covered, references and a student handout, with clinical case and discussion questions.
The printed version of the 8th edition can be ordered from the APGO online bookstore. Cost to APGO members is $20.
Click to review APGO's policy on utilizing the copyrighted Objectives.
uWISE
The APGO Undergraduate Web-Based Interactive Self-Evaluation (uWISE) exam was developed to help medical students acquire the necessary basic knowledge in obstetrics and gynecology, regardless of future medical specialty choice. The quizzes are also an excellent tool to help prepare for the NBME ob-gyn subject exam and national licensure examinations. A new comprehensive overview quiz has been added to uWISE.
Educational Series on Women's Health Issues
APGO publishes teaching modules that help educators best teach women's health issues.
Women with Disabilities (WWD) Education Program
The WWD Education Program, administered by APGO, provides continuing medical education to inform, expand, update and illustrate state-of-the-art health care services for women with disabilities.
APGO Directory of Residencies
APGO's Directory of Residencies is the definitive source for details about ob-gyn residencies in the U.S. and Canada.
APGO Women's Health Competency Project Resources
Women's Health Care Competencies for Medical Students: Taking Steps to Include Sex and Gender Differences in the Curriculum is available on this Web site in PDF or can be ordered from the APGO bookstore.
Online Curriculum Builder
The Competencies has also been placed on this Web site in a searchable format as a women's health online curriculum builder, which allows users to build a curriculum, called MyCurriculum, from learning objectives they select. The site is open to the public.
APGO FACULTY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
APGO/Solvay Educational Scholars Program
The APGO/Solvay Educational Scholars Program is a comprehensive educational curriculum to help ob-gyn faculty teach women's health more effectively.
APGO/Solvay Community-Based Educators Scholars Program
This program is for volunteer, clinical, site director and community faculty members, and is held annually at the CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting. Information will be posted in the fall.
Contact APGO at apgoadmin@apgo.org or (410) 451-9560, with questions.
APGO Surgical Scholars Program
This program's purpose is to refine the teaching skills of ob-gyn physician faculty to enable them to effectively teach and evaluate learners in hysteroscopic surgery. Click on above link for application forms for the September 2008 program.
APGO/Wyeth Leadership Programs
APGO and Wyeth offer three programs for leaders of ob-gyn departments and divisions.
BOOKS FOR EDUCATORS
The Effective Preceptor Series
The 10 pamphlets in the APGO Effective Preceptor Series provide educators with practical tools for teaching and evaluating students. The easy-to-read pamphlets are available for downloading as well as purchase.
Career Development in Academic Medicine: Your Journey to Success
Click above to access the Table of Contents of this book, which is designed to be a guide at each step in your career development. It's not just for ob-gyns. Order online? Click here.
Basic Science Companion for Preclinical Educators
The updated basic science topics are mapped against the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives.
To help identify the significant basic science correlates, the APGO UMEC created Prerequsites to a Clerkship in Obstetrics and Gyencology: A Guide for Preclinical Educators, which organizes the most recent basic science prerequisites according to the traditional basic science disciplines. The Guide is $10 for APGO members; $15 for nonmenbers.
This and all APGO resources can be purchased from the bookstore.
AWARDS
APGO Endowment Awards
Over the years, APGO endowment award programs have played a major role in the advancement of health care for women.
APGO Excellence in Teaching Award
The APGO Excellence in Teaching Award, established in 1992, recognizes outstanding teachers in ob-gyn medical education. Click to view the recipients of the 2007 Excellence in Teaching Awards.
Application forms are sent to each department chair annually and are accepted through June 30. Names of all recipients are announced in the winter edition of The APGO Reporter and in the APGO Annual Report.
APGO Web Site of Excellence Award/Award Winners
Click to access the sites that APGO has determined provide outstanding and innovative content for use by medical students in the context of their clerkships.
COMMITTEES
Committees
APGO encourages medical faculty to participate in our committees, all of which seek to further the field of obstetrics and gynecology, and women's health education.
Apply for APGO Board of Director membership.
Learn how to become a member of APGO's Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC).
FOR MEMBERS' INTEREST
The APGO Reporter
The APGO Reporter is distributed to members bi-monthly via e-mail.The APGO Reporter is the members' collective source for current and upcoming APGO news and information. Click here to view the newsletter editors.
Annual Report
The APGO Annual Report details APGO's achievements and finances.
The Online Academic Positions Report
The Academic Positions Report provides a listing of current available positions in APGO member departments in the U.S. and Canada. Information may be e-mailed to pamj@wowway.com or submitted by fax on this form: Click to access the Academic Positions Report Form. APGO is supportive of equal opportunity employment.
Links to APGO Member and Institutional Departments
These links provide information on what departments are doing with regard to medical education programs, residencies and fellowships, departments and faculty, patient care and research activities.
Links to general information, such as desktop applications, PDA applications, medical programs, drug databases and resource pages
For Clerkship Directors
The Clerkship Directors' page is a one-stop resource for busy new and existing clerkship directors.
APGO Corporate Liaison Council
APGO's Corporate Liaison Council brings academics and industry together to ensure the future of women's health education.
NON-APGO RESOURCES
Join the Acad Ob-Gyn Listserv
The listserv is an e-mail forum to facilitate discussion regarding resident and medical student ob-gyn education. The listserv is a managed list, which means every message is reviewed prior to posting to ensure its appropriateness.
To join the listserv, or post a message, log on to http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/acadobgyn.html
MedEdPORTAL
Providing Online Resources To Advance Learning in Medical Education
MedEdPORTAL is a Web-based tool that promotes collaboration across disciplines and institutions by facilitating the exchange of peer-reviewed educational materials, knowledge and solutions. MedEdPORTAL serves as a central repository of high quality educational materials, such as PowerPoint presentations, assessment materials, virtual cases and faculty development materials.
Well-Patient Female Exam Film
The University of Iowa has produced a film titled "The Well-Patient Female Exam Film: A Patient-Centered Multicultural Approach." The 18-minute film details a complete gynecological exam that is respectful of womens' various cultural backgrounds and ages, and places the patient at the center of the experience at all times. The film is appropriate for first through fourth-year medical students, as well as residents, women's clinic personnel, advocacy groups and anyone wishing to update their skills. The cost is $150 for the DVD and a streaming CD. To order a film, contact Linda Birkhofer at linda-birkhofer@uiowa.edu.
Web Sites of Interest
Access our list of Web sites related to ob-gyn and women's health.
Association of Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Education Guides
This worldwide organization for medical educators publishes guides that provide strategies and practical tools for use in medical education. The APGO UMEC has stated that the guides are "comprehensive in nature and provide stimulating ideas to improve teaching skills of faculty."
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