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Table 1 Structure of the Erlangen internship

From: Logbooks alone are not enough: initial experience with implementing a logbook for medical students in a clinical internship in gynecology and obstetrics

 

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

7.30–12.00 a.m.

Induction (in the library)

Practice

Practice

Practice

Practice

Practice

  On the wards

  On the wards

  On the wards

   On the wards

   On the wards

  In surgery

  In surgery

  In surgery

  In surgery

  In surgery

  In the outpatient clinics (according to plan)

  In the outpatient clinics (according to plan)

  In the outpatient clinics (according to plan)

  In the outpatient clinics (according to plan)

  In the outpatient clinics (according to plan)

12.00–1 p.m.

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

Lunch break

1.00–2.30 p.m.

Skills training:

Skills training:

Skills training:

Skills training:

Final examination 2.00 p.m.

Speculum insertion

Speculum insertion

  Birth simulator

Maternity record

  Pap smear

  Infection diagnosis with inspection, pH and native preparation

  Spontaneous delivery

  Calculating and correcting due dates

Preliminary discussion 1.50 p.m.

  Explanation of findings

  Placental period

  Assessing labor (BP, blood count, urine findings)

  Atony, Apgar

  Clinical implications

  Clinical implications

  CTG basics

2.30-3.00 p.m.,

Coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

Coffee break

 

3.00–4.30 p.m.

Seminar:

Seminar:

Seminar:

Seminar:

 
 

Case review

Case review

Contraception, HPV vaccination, gynecol. screening

Case review

 
 

Breast carcinoma

Gynecologic carcinoma

End: 3.50 p.m.

Complications in pregnancy

 
  1. BP, blood pressure; CTG, cardiotocography