Purpose: Our goal was to create an easily accessible, manageable, and unified reading curriculum to span across each rotation for all four years.
Background: Planning to study independently can quickly become overwhelming with the large number of resources that are available. Our resident feedback indicated that suggested readings were challenging to access and not well adhered to. We sought to create a centralized curriculum composed of high-yield, trusted reading materials and videos in order to better support and structure our residents’ self-directed learning.
Methods: We utilized resources and recommendations that are available through ACOG - Practice Bulletins, Committee Opinions, Practice Advisories, the CREOG Educational Objectives, prior “Countdown to CREOG” topics - as primary references, as well subspecialty society practice guidelines.
Results: A reading list with 2-5 assignments per week was created for each rotation, with topics divided per each year of rotation. Readings included book chapters, practice guidelines, primary articles, and surgical videos. To increase accessibility, the entirety of the curriculum was posted on the institution’s chosen online collaborative hub ( Microsoft Teams) under the specific residency channel and readings were hyperlinked. The culmination of the curriculum covers all the current ACOG Practice Bulletins.
Discussions: With so many resources available to residents, we aimed to create a high-yield reading list for residents that would provide a foundation for each rotation, be easily accessible and manageable, and correlate with CREOG educational milestones. A national presentation could encourage further collaboration and the development of a centralized portal for all residents to access a self-directed study plan.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2022, Resident, Faculty, Residency Director, Medical Knowledge, GME, CME, Independent Study, General Ob-Gyn,
Natasha Makarova, MD, University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix; Gabriella Smith, MD; Kelley Saunders, MD
