| Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Obstetrics and Gynaecology are taught during the last two years
of the medical course.
At the end of the first clinical year, introductory lectures are
given. These cover:-
Obstetrics:-
(i) Anatomy and physiology of the female reproductive organs
(ii) Physiology of labour
(iii) Physiology of pregnancy
(iv) Physiology of the puerperium
(v) Pathology of pregnancy
(vi) Pathology of labour
(vii) Pathology of puerperium
Gynaecology:-
The pathology, clinical features and management of diseases
of the female genital tract.
An intensive introductory clerkship in clinical Obstetrics
and Gynaecology which lasts five weeks takes place during
the second clinical year (year IV of the course). In the third
and final year (year V of the course), there is a ten-week
clerkship.
During the first clinical year (Year III of the course) instruction
takes place at the University Hospital at Mona but in the
second and third years a quarter of the class serves clerkships
at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Barbados and some students
at the Princess Margaret Hospital in the Bahamas.
During their ten-week clerkships, the students rotate through
the gynaecological, antenatal, labour and lying-in wards.
They also attend teaching sessions in the gynaecological out-patients,
the antenatal and the family planning clinics. During their
clerkship in the gynaecological wards students attend in the
operating theatre when their patients are operated on. Five
weeks are spent living in the hospital during which time each
student conducts not less than fifteen deliveries.
Throughout their clerkship, students participate in the investigation
and treatment of patients. They also receive five clinical
tutorials each week.
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