Workshop for Basic Gynaecological Examinations: Improving Medical Student Learning through Clinical Simulation.

INTRODUCTION: This study was designed to evaluate whether the Workshop on Basic Principles for Clinical Gynaecological Exploration, offered to medical students, improves theoretical-practical knowledge, safety, confidence, global satisfaction and the achievement of the proposed objectives in the area of gynaecological clinical examinations. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This was a quasi-experimental pre-post-learning study carried out at the Gynaecology and Obstetrics department of Gregorio Marañón Hospital in Madrid (Spain). The volunteer participants were 4th-year students earning a degree in Medicine during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years. The study period was divided into the following stages: pre-workshop, intra-workshop and 2 weeks post-workshop. In the pre-workshop stage, students completed a brief online course to prepare for the workshop. The effectiveness of the workshop was evaluated through multiple-choice tests and self-administered questionnaires to assess self-assurance, self-confidence, self-satisfaction and the achievement of the objectives. RESULTS: Of the 277 students invited in both academic years, 256 attended the workshop (92.4%), with a total participation in the different stages of the study greater than 70%. A total of 82.5% of the students in the 2020-2021 academic year and 80.6% of students in the 2021-2022 academic year did not have any type of experience performing gynaecological clinical examinations. Between the pre-workshop and 2 weeks post-workshop stages, there was significant improvement in theoretical-practical knowledge (improvement mean = 1.38 and 1.21 in 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 academic years, respectively). The security and confidence of the students prior to the workshop were low (average scores less than 5 points) in both academic years. However, post-workshop scores for satisfaction and the achievement of objectives were high in the two academic years; all the values approached or exceeded 8 points. CONCLUSIONS: Our students, after outstanding participation, evaluated the BPCGE, and improved their theoretical and practical knowledge, as well as their skills in a gynaecological clinical examination. Moreover, in their view, after the workshop, they felt very satisfied, far outreaching the proposed aims. In addition, excellent results were maintained over time, year after year.

Hallazgos laparoscópicos de endometriosis en mujeres con dismenorrea, dolor pélvico y esterilidad: informe preliminar / Endometriosis laparoscopic findings in women with dysmenorrhea, pelvic pain and sterility: preliminary report

Se realizó laparoscopia en pacientes con dismenorrea, esterilidad y dolor pélvico con el objeto de evaluar la prevalencia de endometriosis en nuestro medio, tomando para tal efecto la población de pacientes derechohabientes, femeninas, en edad reproductiva, del hospital del ISSSTE en la ciudad de Veracruz, Ver. México. Los porcentajes de endometriosis presentaron similitud con los informes publicados en las revistas internacionales con excepción de la dismenorrea donde nuestros resultados fueron más altos. Se analizaron en todos los casos las mismas variables: edad, vida sexual activa (V.S.A.), método anticonceptivo, menarquia (men), ciclo mentrual, partos y abortos así como otros hallazgos laparoscópicos. Cada uno de los casos de endometriosis se clasificó según la Revisión de la America Fertility Society (R.A.F.S.) de Endometriosis

Histerectomía laparoscópica por morcelación tipo CASH (Clasical, Abdominal, Semm, Histerectomy) / Laparoscopic hysterectomy by morcelation, CASH type (Classical, Abdominal, Semm, Histerectomy)

Se realizó histerectomía laparoscópica por morcelación tipo Classical Abdominal Semm Hysterectomy (CASH) sin salpingooferectomía bacterial, en 17 pacientes se utilizaron 4 punciones con aplicación de sutura intra y extracorpórea en 13 pacientes y aplicación de grapas de 35 mm. (endopath) en 4 y remoción de canal endocervical y endometrio por morcelación vaginal, las ventajas de este procedimiento es su baja pérdida de sangre la mínima posibilidad de lesión en urétero o vejiga y la disminución del riesgo de infección por contaminación vaginal así como un periodo de recuperación rápido y con mínimo dolor