Initial instruction in the pelvic examination in the United States and Canada, 1983

Beckmann, C. R. B.; Spellacy, William N.; Yonke, A; Barzansky, Barbara; Cunningham, Raima P.

doi:10.1016/0002-9378(85)90424-7

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“…GTAs teach the communication and psychomotor skills of women's health evaluation in a format wherein they provide instruction and immediate feedback to students while themselves being examined. GTAs are uniquely qualified for the complex task of functioning as both instructor and patient based on both innate personal characteristics and the training they receive (Kretzschmar 1978; Beckmann et al 1985). They are selected for normal anatomy and the ability to relax sufficiently to allow easy examination.…”

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“…GTAs are non‐doctor women specially trained to teach these communication and psychomotor skills. This GTA instructional method is used in over 90% of medical schools in the United States and Canada (Beckmann et al 1985) and has been endorsed by the Undergraduate Medical Education Committee of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics.…”

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Training gynaecological teaching associates

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The Gynecological Teaching Associate (GTA) instructional method is recognized as excellent by the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Undergraduate Education Committee for the instruction of medical students and doctors in the skills required for performance of women's reproductive health evaluation (obstetric-gynaecological history, breast and pelvic examinations, and PAP smear). The method is used in over 90% of American and Canadian medical schools and thus represents a major allocation of educational resources. This success is to a large extent dependent on the quality of training programmes for the GTAs. This paper provides a description of the training programme for GTAs at the University of Illinois at Chicago which has operated successfully for the last 3 years, resulting in a group of 18 GTAs who train approximately 450 medical students and residents each year. It is hoped that this information will help medical educators and planners to develop and/or maintain their GTA programmes (or equivalent in other countries) in the fiscally difficult times facing institutions of higher learning.

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Training gynaecological teaching associates

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“…Gynaecological teaching associates (GTAs) are trained expert patients who have been introduced, particularly in parts of North America, 2,4,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] Australia 15,16 and Scandinavia, 17,18 to teach gynaecological examination at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. However, the use of GTAs has not been widely adopted in medical training curricula.…”

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The effectiveness of gynaecological teaching associates in teaching pelvic examination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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“…They usually work in pairs, with one acting as the patient and the other as the instructor. Gynaecology teaching associates are used in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Scandinavia 1 – 3. They are not used in the United Kingdom, for reasons that remain unclear 4.…”

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Can gynaecology teaching associates provide high quality effective training for medical students in the United Kingdom? Comparative study

Pickard

2003

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Objectives To train laywomen to become professional patients in order to teach medical students speculum and bimanual examination, to assess their effectiveness in this role, and to incorporate this method of teaching into the undergraduate curriculum of a medical school in the United Kingdom. Design Comparative study. Setting Guy's, King's, and St Thomas's School of Medicine, London. Participants 44 medical students trained by gynaecology teaching associates; 48 control students. Main outcome measure Skills in pelvic examination. Results Six laywomen were recruited and all successfully graduated to become gynaecology teaching associates. At assessment 1, in the third week of the reproductive and sexual health block, the mean score achieved by students trained by gynaecology teaching associates was 155, compared with 104 for control group students (difference in mean scores 51 (95% confidence interval 41 to 61), P < 0.001). Similar results were obtained at assessment 2, at the end of the attachment-the mean score for trained students was 148, compared with a mean score of 114 for control group students (difference in mean scores 34 (21 to 46), P < 0.001). Conclusions Laywomen can be trained to teach pelvic examination to medical students in the United Kingdom. Students who receive this training have better skills than students who receive the traditional training alone.

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Initial instruction in the pelvic examination in the United States and Canada, 1983

Cited by 21 publications

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Training gynaecological teaching associates

Training gynaecological teaching associates

The effectiveness of gynaecological teaching associates in teaching pelvic examination: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Can gynaecology teaching associates provide high quality effective training for medical students in the United Kingdom? Comparative study

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