The national undergraduate curriculum in obstetrics and gynaecology is designed to provide medical students with the relevant competencies needed to practise as a foundation year doctor.
The rationale for the national undergraduate curriculum in O&G is as follows:
- Women’s health impacts on all areas of medicine
- O&G provides an ideal opportunity to cover key topics in Outcomes for graduates (previously Tomorrow’s Doctors), the GMC’s publication on outcomes and standards for undergraduate medical education
- The national undergraduate curriculum in O&G facilitates the teaching of topics that are difficult to teach in other specialties
- The national undergraduate curriculum in O&G promotes standards for curriculum content in medical schools
Undergraduate curriculum in O&G
Download the national undergraduate curriculum in obstetrics and gynaecology.
Other relevant publications
The RCOG’s 2009 working party report on the national undergraduate curriculum in O&G provides more information about the curriculum, including the rationale and how it was developed.