Harwinder Kaur Cheema1, Rajiv Arora2, Rakesh Kumar3
BACKGROUND
In Punjab Institute of Medical Sciences, Jalandhar, one minute preceptor (OMP) is
the 1st such teaching - learning tool, which has been used in the Department of
Obstetrics and Gynaecology in a busy out-patient set up for effective clinical
teaching for interns. We wanted to assess the perception of interns for acceptability
of one minute preceptor as a teaching tool in Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Department. We also wanted to assess the feasibility & acceptability of one minute
preceptor as a teaching tool for the faculty in the Department of Obstetrics &
Gynaecology in PIMS.
METHODS
A prospective cross-sectional study was done in Punjab Institute of Medical
Sciences, with 30 interns posted on rotational duty in the Department of Obstetrics
& Gynaecology. 6 faculty members were sensitized along with interns for teaching
one minute preceptor. 3 sessions were conducted with 3 different topics.
Thereafter perception of interns & faculty was obtained through validated
questionnaire. Data analysis was done by calculating percentage & frequency.
Qualitative analysis was done by thematic analysis and word cloud.
RESULTS
Almost all learners agreed that one minute preceptor (OMP) is better than
traditional teaching methods as it helps in building concepts of the subject. 83.3
% interns admitted that OMP brings out the strengths & weakness in them. All
learners were of the view that OMP enhances clinical reasoning skills. All members
of the faculty agreed that all domains of learning are assessed during OMP and
felt that OMP can be used as a teaching tool in busy OPD.
CONCLUSIONS
One-minute preceptor has been proved to be an effective teaching tool in the busy
OPD set up. It helps to teach essential skills to diagnose & manage common
Obstetrical & Gynaecological problems in a short span of time.
