The Gray Haired OBGYN Newsletter #5 for November 2015

Published: Mon, 11/30/15

Newsletter #5 for November, 2015

Thanks for registering with The Gray Haired OBGYN Professional site. This month, I have four new articles and videos for you:

- A Behind the Scenes tour of the "5 Minute Wet Mount" video.

- A Behind the Scenes tour of the video lecture, "Common Bleeding Problems".

- Using PBL as a platform for teaching informal lecture techniques.

- An OSCE station entitled "Arrest of Labor with Chorioamnionitis"

I'm enclosing previews of these so you can choose those that interest you and go directly to them.

Behind the Scenes: "5 Minute Wet Mount" Video

This is a behind the scenes look at the 5-Minute Wet Mount video.

I discuss the development of this video. I cover some technical issues I encountered during the project, and solutions that worked and those that didn’t.

Behind the Scenes: Common Bleeding Problems

Dr. Hughey discusses the evolution of his 10 minute video lecture on common bleeding problems.

Originally developed for the Navy, the lecture developed into a civilian version, and ultimately a video lecture for students.

PBL: "Teaching Informal Lecture Techniques"

Some of these PBL presentations could be quite elaborate, with multimedia PowerPoint slides.

The problem was, the presentation style was overcoming the content.

The other problem was that if the PowerPoint projector were ever not working, the students would generally be at a loss as to how to proceed.

OSCE Station: "Arrest of Labor / Chorioamnionitis"

I thought this was going to be a terrific module, but I was wrong.

After talking at length with the students during their debriefing, and evaluating their responses, I determined a number of problems:

Mike Hughey, MD

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