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Chapter 63 - Skills Training and Simulation

from Section 12 - Miscellaneous

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 November 2021

By
Angelique J. Goverde  and
Diogo Ayres-de-Campos
Edited by
Tahir Mahmood ,
Charles Savona-Ventura ,
Ioannis Messinis  and
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Tahir Mahmood
Affiliation:
Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
Charles Savona-Ventura
Affiliation:
University of Malta, Malta
Ioannis Messinis
Affiliation:
University of Thessaly, Greece
Sambit Mukhopadhyay
Affiliation:
Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital, UK
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Summary

Postgraduate training in obstetrics and gynaecology relies heavily on the acquisition of practical and procedural skills in a broad array. The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG) have recently revised their postgraduate training curriculum according to competency-based training principles [1]. The EBCOG curriculum contains 10 core entrustable professional activities (EPAs) [2] and 8 elective EPAs, in which competency levels of technical and procedural skills as well as communication skills are defined.

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skills acquisitionskills trainingsimulation training
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The EBCOG Postgraduate Textbook of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Gynaecology
 , pp. 536 - 538
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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