Advancing Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology in Medical Education

Psychosomatic obstetrics and gynecology (POG) encompass a wide variety of topics. While specialists in this field agree that it is important for practicing clinicians to be familiar with psychosomatic issues related to women’s health, there is no consensus about the best practices for teaching and assessing this knowledge, or even which are the topics that should be included. By examining some existing literature on educational methodology and enlisting input from experts in the field, this discussion aims to create a set of standards that may be used by institutions to create a POG curriculum. The chapter provides guidelines that include learning objectives for what should be taught recommendations as to best practices for curriculum delivery and suggestions for how to assess learners’ ability to meet the education.