Global Women's Health Education in Canadian Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency Programs: A Survey of Program Directors and Senior Residents

AbstractIntroduction. The dynamic development of new technologies and the dissemination of mobile applications in everyday life create opportunities for using the new form for activities within the framework of women’s health education.Aim. The work aims to review mobile applications that can be used in women’s health education in obstetrics and gynecology, and to determine their range of functions facilitating independent control of women’s health.Material and method. The research of mobile applications was limited to the ones available for Android and iOS (iPhone). The source of all information are the websites of the software producers. The criteria for including the application in the analysis were: availability on the website play.google.com and usefulness in obstetric-gynecological care of women. As many as 27 applications with the highest number of downloads became the subject matter of the analysis.Results. Due to the substantive scope of women’s health education, mobile applications were classified into three groups: 1) helpful in controlling the menstrual cycle, 2) helpful in monitoring pregnancy, 3) used in the prevention of diseases in gynecological-obstetric care. Out of all the applications available, 10 were classified to the first and second group each, and 7 to the third one.Conclusions. Mobile health applications are a promising strategy for health education as a tool for monitoring, improving self-control, and raising awareness in the care of women.

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Women's Health Training in Japan Primary Care Association Certified Family Medicine Residency Programs: Status of Programs, Residents and Medical Students

An Official Journal of the Japan Primary Care Association ◽

10.14442/generalist.41.148 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 41 (4) ◽

pp. 148-154

Author(s):

Kei Miyazaki ◽

Keiichiro Narumoto ◽

Machiko Inoue

Keyword(s):

Primary Care ◽

Medical Students ◽

Family Medicine ◽

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Health Training ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Family Medicine Residency ◽

Care Association

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Comparação entre as técnicas cirúrgicas abdominal, vaginal, laparoscópica e robótica de histerectomia e a relação com lesões no trato geniturinário

10.5327/jbg-0368-1416-2020130216 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Emanuelle Fick Bohm ◽

Julia Dellazana Rocha Aldrighi ◽

Ernesto de Paula Guedes Neto

Keyword(s):

Urinary Tract ◽

Minimally Invasive ◽

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽

Mesh Terms ◽

Korean Journal

Introdução: A histerectomia é o tratamento de escolha para certas condições ginecológicas, e a maior parte é realizada por causas benignas, sendo apenas 15% por um diagnóstico pré-operatório maligno. Há quatro vias de abordagem: abdominal, vaginal, laparoscópica e robótica. Além disso, pode ser dividida em total, subtotal e radical, com ou sem ooforectomia e salpingectomia. Objetivo: O presente artigo teve como objetivo elucidar as técnicas cirúrgicas de histerectomia e sua relação com lesões no trato geniturinário, a fim de analisar os riscos de complicações e lesões a órgãos adjacentes. Material e Métodos: A pesquisa foi realizada na base de dados do PubMed com estudos publicados nos últimos dez anos (2010‒2020), sendo utilizados os MESH terms “hysterectomy” AND “urinary tract injuries”. Artigos relacionados e bibliografias relevantes também foram consultados, tais como Society of Obstetrician and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (AJOG), Internacional Journal of Women’s Health, Korean Journal of Urology e Journal of Minimally Invasive Gynaecology. Os artigos selecionados foram estudos meta-analíticos, ensaios clínicos e revisões na língua inglesa. Resultados e Conclusão: Treze estudos foram incluídos na pesquisa, visando analisar as complicações de acordo com a via e o tipo de histerectomia. A realização de histerectomia vaginal (HV) por causas benignas demonstrou três vezes mais lesões no trato urinário. Contudo, HV e histerectomia abdominal (HA) demonstraram menor risco com relação a lesões na bexiga. Na histerectomia laparoscópica (HL), os riscos de lesões no trato urinário aumentam com cirurgia prévia e adesivo intra-abdominal ou retroperitoneal, e apesar de não ter uma diferença significativa de lesões vesicais intraoperatórias, a maioria dos estudos revelou maior dano após HL (até 95% das lesões de bexiga), comparado à HA. Quanto à histerectomia robótica (HR), não houve evidências conclusivas de sua superioridade à HL para lesões no trato urinário em pacientes com condições benignas e complexidade cirúrgica moderada. Contudo, pacientes com carcinoma endometrial, obesidade e/ou condições benignas de alta complexidade podem se beneficiar da HR. Em relação aos locais de lesão, há maior incidência de lesões de bexiga segundo os estudos analisados, mas deve-se levar em consideração que as taxas de lesões vesicais possam ser subestimadas. As lesões de bexiga ocorrem com mais frequência na dissecção no plano pré-vesical durante a HA ou HL ou durante a colpotomia anterior no momento da HV. Já as lesões ureterais compreendem 0,3%, e os locais mais comuns são ao longo da parede pélvica lateral à artéria uterina, a área da junção ureterovesical e a base do ligamento infundibulopélvico. Porém, é difícil estimar as taxas de lesão ao ureter com precisão, uma vez que grande parte das vezes a lesão é identificada no pós-cirúrgico.

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Integrating Women's Sexual Health into Women's Health Education

Journal of Sexual Medicine ◽

10.1111/jsm.12015 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 9 (12) ◽

pp. 2983-2985 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

IRWIN GOLDSTEIN

Keyword(s):

Health Education ◽

Sexual Health ◽

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Women’S Sexual Health

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Current residency programs in women's health lack adequate training in fertility potential and gamete preservation

Fertility and Sterility ◽

10.1016/j.fertnstert.2018.07.258 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 110 (4) ◽

pp. e86

Author(s):

N.R. Kalakota ◽

V. Moy ◽

M.A. Thomas ◽

J. Sroga-Rios ◽

S.S. Thakore

Keyword(s):

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Residency Programs ◽

Fertility Potential

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Obstetrics and gynaecology in the era of COVID-19

International Journal of Reproduction Contraception Obstetrics and Gynecology ◽

10.18203/2320-1770.ijrcog20204858 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (11) ◽

pp. 4777

Author(s):

Angela Mary George ◽

Daniel Manoj ◽

Sowmya Ramani ◽

Lalropuii . ◽

Murugan Timiri Palani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Women’S Health ◽

Women's Health ◽

Psychosocial Support ◽

Viral Disease ◽

World Health ◽

Significant Morbidity ◽

Obstetrics And Gynaecology ◽

Global Pandemic ◽

The World ◽

Health Organization

The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. The alarming levels of spread and severity of the viral disease has resulted in significant morbidity and mortality. Women often face the highest risk of suffering devastating losses from the pandemic. Historically, women’s health has always been inadequately represented in responses to global outbreaks. Resources are often funnelled away from women’s health services towards targets perceived to be more important. Pregnant women with suspected, probable or confirmed COVID-19, should have access to obstetric and foetal medicine, neonatal care as well as mental health and psychosocial support, at facilities ready to tackle maternal and neonatal complications. In this article, we attempt to look at the challenges faced by gynaecologists because of this pandemic, and provide an overview on the current protocols in antenatal care, foetal care, childbirth, and oncological care.

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