Advanced Clinical Skills Labs
Some of the best parts of this amazing specialty involve using our technical skills to help our patients. Even after participating in more than 3000 deliveries, I still get a rush when I deliver a baby. These techniques are not learned overnight and mastery does not come without some serious “Time on Task”. Our hands-on labs provide opportunities for developing advanced clinical skills using simulation while having fun learning. Our students have told us that some of the most daunting tasks they encounter are the challenges of being accepted by patients and developing a meaningful role in the clinical environment. Using techniques learned at the Harvard Course in Advanced Simulation, we have developed a rich program that will ensure that our medical learners begin to develop excellent clinical skills, but will also will challenge them to discover their role as a effective member of the health care team.
Margaret Burnett, MD, BSc(Med), FRCSC
Associate Head - Academic
At the end of the session the students will be able to:
Station 1A Obstetrics
- Demonstrate a relationship with the obstetrical patient, her family, and the L&D nurse.
- Establish themselves as a functioning member of the healthcare team in the woman’s experience of labour and delivery.
- Communicate effectively with the patient and other members of the health care team.
- Interpret and report fetal heart tracings
- Assess fetal lie by performing the 4 leopold’s maneuvers
- Assist in a vaginal delivery.
Station IB Obstetrics
- Assess progress in labour by evaluating cervical dilatation
- Identify the items on the delivery tray and explain the function of each.
- Perform a normal vaginal delivery using a simulator.
Station II. Suturing and Episiotomy Repair
- Demonstrate knot-tying and suturing ability
- Repair a second degree tear using a beef tongue model
Station III. Gynecological Procedures
- Perform a pap smear and bimanual examination
- Perform a breast examination and identify breast masses
- Insert an IUCD and perform an endometrial biopsy
 |
 |
 |
 |