Purpose: To assess pre-clerkship students\' perceptions of a joint psychiatry-OBGYN team-based learning (TBL) module on postpartum depression (PPD) using video conferencing and recorded video visits.
Background: PPD has profound implications for maternal health and offers a collaborative teaching opportunity between psychiatry and OBGYN. Social distancing requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic also offer new teaching opportunities.
Methods: We created a TBL module on PPD for 2nd year medical students at UC Davis for AY2020-21, including recording simulated 2- and 4-week postpartum telemedicine visits between a standardized patient and a psychiatrist. Students’ pre-TBL preparation included watching the APGO Basic Sciences video on PPD, reading a psychiatry review article, and passing a quiz based on these materials. We conducted the TBL on Zoom’s video conferencing platform, using the breakout room option for small group discussion regarding differential diagnosis and management of PPD. We assessed students’ perceptions of the TBL via online survey.
Results: Of 116 students who attended the session, 92 (79%) responded to the survey. Most students felt the TBL met its learning objectives (83/90, 92%) and that the preparation materials were helpful (75/91, 82%). Eighty three of 90 students felt the video visits helped them understand how to interview patients with PPD (93%). Students frequently cited the video visit as the most useful part of the TBL (29/50, 58%), followed by having instructors from both OBGYN and psychiatry present (11/50, 22%).
Discussions: Increasing interdisciplinary collaboration and telemedicine presence in pre-clerkship curricula can prepare students for the changing clinical framework that is critical in our pandemic environment.
Topics: CREOG & APGO Annual Meeting, 2021, Student, Faculty, Patient Care, Medical Knowledge, Interpersonal & Communication Skills, UME, Problem-Based Learning, Standardized Patient, Team-Based Learning, General Ob-Gyn,
Erika Monasch, BS, UC Davis School of Medicine; Melody Hou, MD, MPH; Sara Baumann, MD; Paula Wadell, MD; Melissa Hopkins, MD
