Department of Gynecology

     

 

 

 

   The department was opened in 1971 after three years of the foundation of Basra Medical College. The department was located within the old site of the college at Bab-Al-Zubair. The department merged, at the start, with the department of surgery.

The first head of the department was Dr. Fawzia Al- Shamma (MRCOG) followed by Dr. Raja Al- Tekretti (MRCOG) who runs the department till November 1983.

In 1980, the department was moved to its new site at Basra Teaching Hospital.

From 1984, professor Nather Fatihalla (MRCOG), served in the department, as the head of the department, till September 1994. In his era, the department established the postgraduate studies. He was the director of Basra postgraduate centre in obstetrics & gynaecology, training the postgraduate students for the Arabian & Iraqi

Board Degree .in 1993, the department established the higher Diploma Degree in obstetrics & gynaecology.

In October 1994, a new head of the department assistant professor Dr Fouad Al-Dahhan( MRCOG)  who is still serving in the department till the time of writing

this prospectus .The department has a national reputation in the undergraduate  & postgraduate studies .In 1999 , the department achieved the first position in the final examination of the six year students among the obstetrics & gynaecological departments nationwide .

Most of the members of the academic staff are graduated from the same college,

 

Aims of the Department :

The aims of the placement include:

• To familiarize students with the concept of providing a good standard of practice and care for their patients. This includes professional competence, good relationships with patients and observance of ethical obligations.

• To enable the student to acquire skills relevant to Obstetrics and Gynaecology to make a clinical assessment of a problem, and develop a plan of care in its widest sense. This will involve seeing patients with a range of emergency and non emergency problems related to this module, as summarized below, and will also involve the development of both written and oral presentation skills.

 

Aims of  Clinical Teaching ;

 

      The  clinical placement which comprises the main body of the teaching  is itself 10 weeks long , and will be spent attached to clinical teams Basrah maternity  hospital  . The week immediately preceding these 5 weeks will be spent in Basrah Medical in the College , and will be devoted to preparation for the module, including lectures and  instructions / demonstration of practical skills. The week immediately following the clinical placement will be used for consolidation, EMQ/data  interpretation mock exams and a clinical OSCE for the sixth year . Please note that  the marks for the clinical OSCE will contribute to final mark.

      For the fifth year the clinical  teaching is done out-patient Department in the same . hospital on patients referred to the department from medicals centers in Basrah .   The teaching include short history  taken and examination , This module last for three weeks .

 

Clinical skill

    Clinical skill lab beside teaching and clinical examination is made on real patients and the rest of clinical teaching made  module in the clinical sill lab .       

 

Department Mission

    The provide staff & Students with an excellent service in all aspects of academic regarding obstetrics & Gynaecology

The objectives of the department include:

The objectives of the Academic Services in the department are to :-

·        To familiarize students with the concept of providing a good standard of practice and care for their patients. This includes professional competence, good relationships with patients and observance of ethical obligations.

·        To enable the student to acquire skills relevant to Obstetrics and Gynaecology to make a clinical assessment of a problem, and develop a plan of care in its widest sense. This will involve seeing patients with a range of emergency and non emergency problems related to this module, as summarized below.

·        Manage Student life-cycle in learning obstetrics & Gynaecology from the fourth year to graduation to ensure a coherent and seamless student experience .

·        Provide students with a professional and customer – focused service in respect to essential functions. Such as teaching examinations and graduation .

·        Provide a top-level support for research and Basra`s Graduate medical college including co-ordination with other college departments & support academic planning for the college.

·        To ensure that the program of study provide students with a thorough grounding in the subject to enhance their prospects in their future careers.    

        

 Aims of  Clinical Teaching ;

    The  clinical placement which comprises the main body of the teaching  is itself 10 weeks long , and will be spent attached to clinical teams Basrah maternity  hospital  . The week immediately preceding these 5 weeks will be spent in Basrah Medical in the College , and will be devoted to preparation for the module, including lectures and  instructions / demonstration of practical skills. The week immediately following the clinical placement will be used for consolidation, EMQ/data  interpretation mock exams and a clinical OSCE for the sixth year . Please note that  the marks for the clinical OSCE will contribute to final mark.

    For the fifth year the clinical  teaching is done out-patient Department in the same . hospital on patients referred to the department from medicals centers in Basrah .   The teaching include short history  taken and examination , This module last for three weeks .

 

Clinical skill

Clinical skill lab beside teaching and clinical examination is made on real patients and the rest of clinical teaching made  module in the clinical sill lab .      

involve the development of both written and oral examination.

·        Development of OSCE examination.

·  Clinical teaching on models in the clinical skill lab. 

The department strategy is to have sub-specialty in the field of obstetrics & gynaecology, including the field of infertility, gynaecology, safe motherhood, and endocrinology. The department collaborate with the department of community medicine & the department of physiology in lecturing in the area of interest.  The department is running the post graduate centre in obstetrics and gynecology under the direction of the head of the department. There are around 10-15 postgraduate students for the degree of the Iraqi or the Arabian board. Annual accepted students for training are six students, who trained under the supervision of five eligible members in the department.

 Diploma courses start in November each year .The number of applicants increased from 4 students to 10 students in this year.

From 2004, diploma’s study years became two in stead of one year.  

Terms and dates are available on request by the applicants.

Application forms for the admission to the higher diploma courses can be obtained from the academic registrar in the college.

The standard entrance requirements are available from the postgraduate studies section at the college.

 DEPARTMENT FUTURE VISION

The department is committed to enhancing advanced teaching technology and student learning experience.

·   The plan is to improve further the quality of the student's experience at the extent to which we create employable graduates.

·  To ensure that the students learning experience is enriched by the department commitment to being a research –led department.

·  Staff development in the field of subspecialties, like reproductive medicine, medical genetic, fetal medicine and gynaecological oncology.

·  Communication with our community in creation of safe motherhood and screening program for common gynaecological malignancies.

·  Finding guidelines for common obstetrical and gynaecological problems.

·  Improve antenatal diagnostic program by arranging courses and equipments for early diagnosis of obstetrical problems.

·  Researches will be directed to epidemiological studies to find out incidences of common gynaecological and obstetrical problems.

·  The department is committed to publish leaflets directed to the public explaining in a simple language about common problem in the field of specialty.

·        Gynecological and obstetrical text will be published to help the students to understand the syllabus.

·        Our commitment is to improve other similar young departments' performance in the southern medical colleges.

·   Department web-site will include all the activities and research works.

·   Regular courses in the department's specialty to enhance CME. 

  

Heads of the Department:

 

1. Dr. Fawzia Al- Shamma (MRCOG)                            1975 – 1977.

2. Dr. Raja Al- Tekretti (MRCOG)                                1977 – 1983.

3. Prof. Dr. Nather Fatihalla (MRCOG)                         1983 -1994.

4. Prof. Dr. Fouad Al-Dahhan( MRCOG), (FRCOG)     1994 – tall now .   

  

 

 

The twelve members of the academic staff with their specific interests are:

 

  1. Professor Dr fouad Al-Dahhan  ( MRCOG), (FRCOG)  head of the department, his interest in laparoscopic surgery & infertility .

2.  Professor Dr Muhsin Hussien Al-sabbak (CABOG). Modulator, his interest in gynecology, especially infertility .

3. Asst. professor Dr. Maisoon  shariff ,(CABOG) lecturer, her interest in infertility & Birthing..

4. Asst. professor Dr. Sajeda Abid Al-Retha Al-Rubbi (FICMS), her interest in infertility & Birthing..

5. Asst. professor Dr. Faiz Abdlwahid Jahlool (FICMS, CABOG), Assist. Professor, his interest in infertility & endoscope.

6. Asst. professor Dr. Methal Abdul Redha Mohamd, (CABOG), lecturer Birthing..

7. Asst. professor Dr. Ali Falih Hussain (FICMS), lecturer, his interest in infertility & laparoscopic surgery .

8. Dr. Edward Zaia Khosho (FICMS), lecturer, his interest in gynaecological  oncology.

9. Dr. Khofran Jaffer (CABOG) lecturer, her interest in Birthing & fetal monitoring.

10. Dr. Kullod Salim Abdul Hussan (CABOG), lecturer her interest  infertility .

11. Dr. Zainab Tariq (CABOG) lecturer her interest in Birthing & fetal medicine .

12. Dr Ahlam Abd Al-Hadi (FICMS) lecturer her interest in Birthing & fetal medicine .

 

The setting on the Department :

 

      The stab of the Department made of : -

 

1. The head of the Department .

2. Deputy of  the Department.

3. Members of the Department .

4. Junior obstetricians and gynecologists doing there higher Degree in the specialty   

5. The Department's secretary.    

 

 

 THE POSTGRADUATE STUDIES

 

 The department strategy is to have sub-specialty in the field of obstetrics & gynaecology, including the field of infertility, gynaecology, safe motherhood, and endocrinology. The department collaborate with the department of community medicine & the department of physiology in lecturing in the area of interest.

 

 The department is running the post graduate centre in obstetrics and gynaecology under the direction of the head of the department. There are around 10-15 postgraduate students for the degree of the Iraqi or the Arabian board.

Annual accepted students for training are six students, who trained under the supervision of five eligible members in the department.

  

 THE HIGHER DIPLOMA DEGREE

 

      Diploma courses start in November each year .The number of applicants increased from 4 students to 10 students in this year.

From 2004, diploma’s study years became two in stead of one year.  

Terms and dates are available on request by the applicants.

Application forms for the admission to the higher diploma courses can be obtained from the academic registrar in the college.

The standard entrance requirements are available from the postgraduate studies section at the college. 

    

FACILITIES

 

    The department has occupied, for the purpose of clinical training, Basra

Maternity and Child Hospital and Port General Hospital.

Postgraduate students enjoy excellent facilities and accommodation.

The department has its own teaching facilities. Computers facilities are also provided by the computers department at the college building.

The postgraduates groups run seminars and case presentation, in addition to daily meetings and journal clubs.

Perinatal mortality meeting are held with collaboration of the department of paediatrics.

 

 Schedule for postgraduate students in Obstetric & Gynaecology

 

NO.	Topies
1.	Normal pregnancy & physiological changes.
2.	Abortion .
3.	Development of genital tract,congenital anomalies,intersex.
4.	ectopic pregnancy
5.	Jaundice in pregnancy
6.	Physioliogy of female reproductive organs.
7.	Abnormalities in placenta & Amniotic fluid
8.	Third stage of labour
9.	Primary & secondary amenorrhea.
10.	The female pelvis,fetal skull & mech. Of labour.
11.	Antenatal diagnosis of fetal anomalies.
12.
13.	Pre-pregnancy care.
14.	Prescribing in pregnancy
15.	Adolescence & menopause.
16.	Infection of female genital tract.
17.	.
18.	Hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
19.	APH.
20.	The coagulation disorders in Obs.& Gyn.
20.	Contraception & sterilization.
21.	Infertility.
22.	Rh isoimmunisation
23.	Endomrtriosis.
24.	D.U.B
25.	Postmenopausal bleeding
26.	Cytogenetics
27.	Management of normal labour.
28.	Hirsurism & virilism.
29.	Benign diseases of the vulva & vagina.
30.	Prolapse & urinary incontinence.
31.	Malignant disease of the uterus.
32.	Malignant disease of the vulva & vagina.
33.	Malignant diseases of the ovaries.
34.	Benign diseases of the uterus.
35.	Advance in gynecological endoscopies.
36.	Fetal surveillance.
37.	Assisted reproductive technology.
38.	Anesthesia & analgesia in Obstetric & Gynecology.
39.	Poly cystic ovaries
40	Endometrial ablative therapy

 

 

THE UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES

 

The department objectives are:

 

       1. Training: The students are trained on the antenatal care services and in counselling a pregnant patient, and how to select cases for hospital referral.

       2. Prepare the student to be able to conduct a normal vaginal delivery and   to diagnose obstructed labour following the partogram as a diagnostic alert in labour management.                                                                                          

       3.  The student is also trained to deal with the first aid in obstetric and                     gynaecological  patients.                                          

       4. .The student should learn to diagnose the common gynaecological diseases      and their management and to select the cases which need referral to special centres.

        5.  Training is also including the supervision of doctor in the primary health           centre,  and to work as a house officer in the departments of obstetrics and gynaecology.

         6.  The student should be able by the end of the course to deal with infertile couple and gives advice in this matter.

         7.   He should be able to advice the patients in the family planning methods.

        8.   With the collaboration with other departments in the college in preparing        students in the line of the general objectives suggested by the third congress of the ministry of higher education in 1987.                                  

 

 

TRAINING

 

 Fourth Year: The students are trained on antenatal care  .The are trained in the antenatal wards & labour ward in Basra Maternity & child Hospital.

By the end of the training session which last about 10 week, they should be able to differentiate between the normal & abnormal pregnancies .First aid in obstetrics is part of their training.

   

 Fifth Year  :In the fifth year the students are trained in the out-patient department at both Basra Maternity Hospital & Port General Hospital, their training last for three weeks during which the should be able to take a short history from the patients attending the out-patient department .Common gynaecological conditions are presented by the tutor in charge of their training .

 

Sixth  Year :   The students are trained to conduct a normal vaginal delivery  and should be able to assist in assisted vaginal delivery and in suturing an episiotomy .

Training in obstetric & gynaecological wards last for 10 weeks. Out-patient training last for one week & one week in the ultrasound scan unite.

The students are divided in small groups to work in the labour ward, causality department & the operating theatre.

 Seminars sessions are held in either hospital weekly in different subjects of interest.

Case presentation is practice daily by the groups with their tutors.

Scenarios are introduced in the clinical teaching in year 2005-2006. MOET courses are use in these scenarios. 

 

 

Syllabus for 4th year student (2008-2009) 1st & 2nd term.

 

 

Books to read:

 

 1- Obstetric by Ten Teachers.

 2- Integrated Obstetrics and Gynecology by sir. J. Dewhursts.

 3- Others varieties of books available in the college library.

 

Syllabus for fifth year medical student (2008-2009 )

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    There is a clinical examination for the students by the end of their training.

For the six year, in their final examination, anther clinical examination is held in addition to the oral examination.

For both, fifth & fourth year students a written mid year examination is held in January. The final written examination for the three years are held in June &those who fail this examination they are able to sit again in September (for the fifth & the fourth years) .The six year students who fail in their first trail are able to sit again in December of the same year .They should repeat all parts of the examination

(Written, Clinical & Oral)

Daily assessment of the students in their clinical session is part of their clinical mark.

     The written examination is including a variety of multiple choice questions, true & false & essay questions which include clinical problems and both short & long essay questions.

 

 

The over all greed for final year :

 

Clinical examination            10%

OSCE                                      5%

Daily attendance                  5%

Final Exam.     (Written ) = 30%

                        ( Clinical)=    25%

                         (Oral ) =       25%

Total Mark                            100%

                 

 

The over all greed for fifth year :

 

Clinical Exam.                      25%

Mid. Year Exam.                 25%

Final Exam.          ( written) = 50%

Total Mark                          100%

           

The over all greed for forth year :

 

Clinical Exam.                    25%

Mid. Year Exam.               25%

Final Exam. ( written) =  50%

Total Mark                       100%

           

 

  

 

 

 The department line of research, in the field of safe motherhood, like birthing

Induction of labour, high risk pregnancies; in addition to various clinical researches,

following the lines of research suggested by the ministry of health.

 

 

Line of Researchs:

 For the last five years, researches are following the lines below:

 

a-      Birthing.

b-      Infertility.

c-      Gynaecological Oncology.

d-     Gynaecological endoscopies.

 

For the future, the policy of the department is to adobe “Safe Motherhood” in their line of research.

 

NOTE:

Whilst every care has been taken in preparation of this prospectus, the department can’t be held responsible for any errors or omissions .The department reserves the right to develop or modify courses and running of any courses or options is subjected to the sufficient numbers of student enrolments.