DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF MILITARY-UNIQUE STANDARDIZED GYNECOLOGY PATIENTS FOR MILITARY RESIDENTS IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY TRAINING-PROGRAMS

Focused military curricula and readiness training are often inadequate for military resident physicians. We developed a standardized gynecol ogic military-unique patient scenario and examination to assess obstet rics and gynecology residents' clinical and operational problem-solvin g abilities. Integration of military-unique gynecologic standardized p atients, clinical scenarios, and objective structured clinical examina tions into obstetrics and gynecology curricula is a novel approach for realistic medical readiness training for resident physicians. This to ol can become a cornerstone in the ongoing development of needed milit ary-unique curricula.