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Dr Hughey teaching.
Dr Hughey

I’m glad you’re here.

This online training was prepared for Physician Assistant students for use during their 6-week clinical core rotations in Women’s Health.

This remote learning experience is designed to complement in-person education with asynchronous video training. The instruction spans the entire range of OB-GYN issues.

This site is also of value as refresher training for Physician Assistants in practice.

The video training is organized into sections:

Fundamentals:  50 short videos covering all aspects of women’s healthcare. This section provides you a broad but superficial knowledge base.

Procedures:  36 mostly short videos showing you how to perform common OB-GYN technical skills.

Surgery:  These brief familiarization videos demonstrate the important parts of each of 8 commonly performed gynecologic surgery procedures.

Advanced Training: 31 important topics in obstetrics & gynecology are explored in more depth than was provided in the Fundamentals section.

The videos are short and focused on the needs of the Physician Assistant. None of the videos are secret or restricted, and anyone can access them online without the use of this website. But it would take you a while to find them all, sort through them and pass over the ones that are not very good, are outdated, too long, or not appropriate for your level of training. I’ve already done that sorting for you.

Additional online training opportunities and videos can be found at the Brookside Associates website.

Some Words of Advice on Watching These Videos

I recommend you spend the time necessary to review all of these videos.

It is an efficient way to learn, so you won’t be wasting your time.
Watching all the videos at normal speed will take about 20 hours.
These videos cover all important aspects of clinical OB-GYN, so you won’t be surprised during your  examinations, or later when you are in practice.

I encourage you to speed up these videos. Studies have shown that even untrained individuals can handle up to 1.5x speed without any significant loss in comprehension, either short or long-term.

Occasionally, you may need to slow down the videos. That’s OK too. Or go back and repeat some of the video.

Video training is probably the single most efficient way to master a large amount of information. But its effectiveness is dependent on the learner focusing eyes and ears on the video without distractions, and not try to multitask while doing it.

Try to not be put off by the developers’ use of cartoon characters, double-meaning patient names and annoying music in the introductory videos. The producers of the videos were, I believe, trying to keep things light and entertaining. Many video watchers will find these additions distracting and not supportive of the learning. On the other hand, the content is reasonably authoritative, validated and complete. So I’m willing to overlook some production issues.

 

Introductory Women's HealthCare