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Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK
Division of Medical and Dental Education, University of Aberdeen, UK
Undergraduate medical students at the University of Aberdeen had reported suboptimal learning opportunities on normal labour and prescribing in Obstetrics. Therefore an e-learning video on normal labour and a pocket sized booklet on drug prescribing in Obstetrics were developed.
The "Medications in Labour" prescribing booklet is distributed free of charge to all Year 4 MBChB students at the beginning of their Obstetrics and Gynaecology clinical attachment at the University of Aberdeen. The interactive powerpoint video titled "A guide to normal labour" is accessible to all MBChB students on the University of Aberdeen MBChB online learning portal. A prospective cross sectional survey was carried out to evaluate the new learning tools developed for Obstetrics.
Year 4 and 5 MBChB students were invited to participate in an anonymised online questionnaire (created using Survey Monkey (www.surveymonkey.com)). Students were emailed a link to participate. One reminder email was sent. Tick box and Likert scales were used to assess student views. Free text responses were used to qualitatively explore advantages and disadvantages of each of the new learning tools.
Figure 1: Cover of Medications in Labour booklet
Figure 2: Powerpoint e-learning video on normal labour
- Fifty eight students participated. Most students were Year 4 MBChB (55.2%), female (70.7%) and aged 18 to 24 years (82.8%).
- 72.7% (16/22) of students reported that they found the normal labour e-learning video useful and 68.2% (15/22) would recommend to colleagues.
- 87.5% (28/32) found the prescribing booklet useful and would recommend to colleagues. 71.9% (23/32) of students felt more confident about their prescribing in Obstetrics after using the prescribing booklet.
- Students reported positive comments about “focussed”, “relevant” and “concise” information in the booklet.
- 90.6% of students (48/53) reported they would like similar medication booklets for different specialities.
Positive feedback
"I thought the medications in labour booklet was very useful and I liked that there were contraindications and side effects mentioned. I find reading notes about normal labour difficult to understand exactly what position the baby should be in during the delivery. Therefore I found the video helpful."
"The medications in labour booklet was fantastic! Succinct & pocket-sized. Very very relevant. Fantastic resource."
Negative feedback
"Make the video more accessible as I didn't know it existed. More info on pros and cons of each medication and maybe certain situations where one is more beneficial than another."
"better advertising so people know about the resource"
Figure 2: Responses to question "Would you like to have similar booklets on medications used in different specialities?" (53 students responded)
Students positively received a locally derived, pocket size prescribing guide for Obstetrics. Undergraduate medical students want prescribing learning tools in other specialities.
Students appears to view both learning tools positively, however response rate could have been improved. Accessibility of the learning tools needs to be improved. Regular review of content is required for both tools.
Thank you very much to Heather Munro and the Medi-CAL Unit at the University of Aberdeen for their assistance to the project.
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