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THE CURVE OF LABOUR USED AS A TEACHING DEVICE IN UGANDA
Author(s) -
Glick Eugene,
Trussell Richard R.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1970.tb03446.x
Subject(s) - sigmoid function , adaptation (eye) , learning curve , medicine , medical education , psychology , mathematics education , computer science , economics , management , artificial intelligence , neuroscience , artificial neural network
Summary An adaptation of Friedman's dilatation‐time curve (mean curve of labour) was used in Uganda to help medical students recognize abnormal labour. A printed form allowed all important aspects of labour to be recorded at regular intervals. Students were expected to predict the time of delivery, based on the normal sigmoid curve. At weekly seminars these records were analyzed and students quickly learned to detect protracted labour and to determine the cause. While especially helpful in Uganda where the anatomical peculiarities of some tribes regularly present difficulties, this approach can be modified to facilitate the teaching of obstetrics elsewhere.