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Health Care Women Int. 2019;40(7):1012-1015. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1652302.

Integrating obstetrical simulation into the medical curriculum: one more gap in women's health for low-income countries.

Health care for women international

A Kesrouani, E Nemr, M Nasr, N Naccache, S AbouJaoude

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  1. Medical Education Department, Faculty of Medicine, St Joseph University , Beirut , Lebanon.
  2. Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, Faculty of Medicine, St Joseph University , Beirut , Lebanon.

PMID: 31560275 DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2019.1652302

Abstract

Low-income countries do not have well-established simulation centers; introduction of simulation-based learning in obstetrics faces many cost-associated difficulties. Simulation-based learning yield many benefits that are reported in many studies such as improved maternal and neonatal outcomes, social stature of medical teachers, and better management of difficult situations. Though low-income countries do not have established surgical simulations, centralization, and cooperation amongst the educational institutions and local and regional hospitals for maintenance of medical educational practices and financial supplementation through both established and newly created entities will provide the potential for improved patient outcomes and maintenance of quality of education, that is, comparable to the medical education found in higher income countries.

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