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:
NEW Medical Student Educational Objectives, 9th edition
Objectives and Case Studies
We are pleased to provide the 9th edition of the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives. The Objectives are revisited on a regular basis to ensure their relevance, importance and usefulness in assisting with the development of obstetrics and gynecology clinical clerkship curricula. To develop this major revision, the APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC) edited the 8th edition to ensure coverage of significant changes in the field. A team of ob-gyn clerkship directors and medical educators from the U.S. and Canada have had input into the current edition and its format with the goal of making these objectives as useful as possible for clerkship directors, faculty and medical students.
An Ob-Gyn Student Logbook has also been developed as an example of how to incorporate the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives into a logbook/tracking system. The logbook utilizes the core 17 objectives as outlined in the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives 9th Edition as a framework for the various patient-care activities that a clerkship director may require of their students on the ob-gyn clerkship. Using this logbook assures that students are exposed to the essential educational objectives established by the APGO Undergraduate Medical Education Committee (UMEC).
Hard copies of these items may be ordered in the APGO Bookstore.
Clinical Cases for Teaching and Learning
The APGO UMEC produced 34 teaching cases, linked to the Priority 1 Objectives in the previous version (8th Edition) of the APGO Medical Student Educational Objectives. Each includes a clinical case for discussion, with a preceptor handout with objectives, clinical case and discussion questions, and essential points to be covered, references and a student handout, with a clinical case and discussion questions. (The Clinical Cases are being revised for release in 2010-11.)
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 with immediate feedback 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 Academic Scholars and Leaders Program
The APGO Academic Scholars and Leaders Program (formerly APGO/Solvay Educational Scholars Program is a comprehensive educational curriculum to help ob-gyn faculty teach women's health more effectively.
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. An APGO Surgical Scholars Program description and application form for the the 2011 program are now available. Applications must be submitted electronically to apgoadmin@apgo.org by May 4, 2011. If you do not receive a confirmation of receipt within 4 business days, please contact the APGO office at (410) 451-9560.
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 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 Electronic Educational Resource Award (e-ERA)
Click to access the sites that APGO has awarded for 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 & Online E- Bulletin
The APGO Reporter and E-Bulletins are distributed to members, via e-mail. These publications are 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 apgoadmin@apgo.org 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 work on mutually beneficial projects.
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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