Electronic textbook Obstetrics and Gynecology for medical students

Abstract

The purpose of this publication is to describe the success, which you find at Obstetrics and Gynecology - online textbook for medical students - sundhed.dk, an easily accessible, up to date Obstetrics and Gynecology teaching for medical students including international students in the Nordic countries.

In 2018, NFOG (the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology) decided to finance the production of an electronic textbook for medical students by 1,000,000 Danish kr.:

• Text, illustrations, learning principles to be aligned with the curricula for obstetrics and gynecology in Nordic medical schools (and the needs of GPs and junior doctors outside our specialty, but not trainees in obstetrics and gynecology or midwives).


• Author fee: none.

Availability

• On the internet, for computer, tablet and smartphone. No paper version published.


• Based on modern pedagogic principles not addressed in traditional printed books.


• Free access to the platform (open source).


• Each chapter written by a set of subspecialist authors from three or more Nordic countries.

The editorial committee

• Included members from each Nordic country (the authors of this publication).


• Distributed relevant topics among 32 obstetrical and 28 gynecological chapters.


• Appointed a maximum number of words for each chapter.


• Enrolled about 187 authors.

Electronic platform for publication

• dk, even though some book companies offer platform with more features. However, sundhed.dk guarantees reliability and offers this service for free.

Videos and illustrations

• We engaged two gynecologists, Jørgen Præst for video editing and Lotte Clevin who is also a professional illustrator. The use of good colleagues ensured the relevance of the products.

Formalities

• We hired a law firm to elaborate collaboration agreements. That was necessary with these international stakeholders.

Language revision

• An obstetrician/gynecologist (Reynir Tómas Geirsson, former AOGS Chief Editor) delivered text editing.

Multiple-choice questions

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  • A medical student (Thomas Jensen) established a platform for MCQ. Authors, professors, associate professors, and medical students are encouraged to add new MCQ to this collection. We publish them as soon as the authors have approved the suggestion.