Purpose: To share a novel tool for assessing surgeons’ conceptual knowledge of emergency ObGyn scenarios commonly encountered in low-resource settings.
Background: US medical trainees increasingly seek global health experiences in low-resource settings during training. There is considerable global need for emergency ObGyn care (EmONC), which surgeons may be called upon to provide in low-resource settings. We have developed a Global Surgery/ObGyn curriculum for surgery residents focused on lifesaving ObGyn knowledge and skills central to providing equitable healthcare in resource-poor settings. We identified a need for a validated assessment tool to measure EmONC knowledge amongst general surgery trainees.
Methods: A steering committee of faculty with extensive experience working in resource-poor settings helped define our curricular objectives. We then compiled our tool primarily from previously validated questionnaires. We identified relevant studies assessing healthcare provider knowledge on EmONC topics by searching the computerized database of “PubMed Central” using keywords ”knowledge assessments”, “EmONC”, and specific content topics (e.g. “pre-eclampsia”). We selected relevant questions from existing questionnaires and cross referenced answers with clinical guidelines published by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, and Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders.
Results: This novel tool can be used to assess knowledge of EmONC scenarios commonly encountered in low-resource settings, and the impact of curricula on surgical trainees.
Discussions: Our tool was piloted with faculty and launched with our first resident cohort. We will share our experience collecting pre- and post-training assessment data as part of our novel Global Surgery/ObGyn curriculum.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2022, Student, Resident, Faculty, Clerkship Director, Clerkship Coordinator, Osteopathic Faculty, Residency Director, Residency Coordinator, Medical Knowledge, Practice-Based Learning & Improvement, GME, Assessment, Global Health, General Ob-Gyn,
Anna Kurzrock, MD Candidate, Sackler School of Medicine; Rachel Chan Seay, MD
