Outcomes of teaching medical students core skills for women's health: the pelvic examination educational program

Intimate examination teaching with volunteers: Implementation and assessment at the University of Antwerp

“…The perception of the importance of communication skills is generally present. This corresponds to other studies which indicate that integrating technical, and communication training is of utmost importance especially during genital/ rectal examination training [10,17,18,[20][21][22]. Kneebone breaks a lance for integrating technical and interpersonal skills, by using simulated patients, task simulators and portable digital recording in an authentic clinical environment.…”

“…To confirm this issue, another study design is started up in follow-up of this curriculum reformation: a comparison of the experience of female and male pelvic examinations during internships of students from the former curriculum and students from the renewed curriculum should to be performed. One Australian study in 2004 indicates a significant improvement of pelvic examination experience after the introduction of an educational program with female teaching associates [18].…”

“…Some IEA's followed voluntary a more extensive program in feedback skills. In comparison with other programs, the preparation of the IEA's is comprehensive [18,20,25]. Debriefing after the sessions and participation are of utmost importance for the continuation of the project and the teaching staffs are aware of this.…”

Evaluating Pelvic Examination Training: Does Faculty Involvement Make a Difference? A Randomized Controlled Trial

“…Some articles have described how to implement a GTA program. 4,5 Other studies evaluated the use of GTAs in terms of student acceptance, showing that students enjoy the training method. [6][7][8] Some studies assessed the use of GTAs and faculty in pelvic exam training and demonstrate that both students and faculty enjoy this method.…”

Women’s experiences of working as a Clinical Teaching Associate teaching sensitive examinations: A qualitative study

“…Evidence suggests that students value these programs and may learn better using these approaches (Plauche & Baugniet-Nebrija 1985;Kleinman et al 1996;Carr & Carmody 2004;Siwe et al 2007;Wå nggren et al 2010). Some programs, such as the Clinical Teaching Associate (CTA) Program at The University of Melbourne, integrate feedback as a learning tool;…”