Faculty guide

These are video power points for different topics in contraception and abortion that students can view in their own time. Each session has a quiz that the students can take before and after viewing the videos to assess their own learning. If the students want to view the PowerPoints separately, the PowerPoints only are also available to download. In addition, there are some simulation videos with the different topics although not all topics have simulation videos. This faculty guide is meant to orient faculty on how best to utilize these resource integrating it to the regular curriculum of training medical and midwifery students. We believe it can best be used to as a pre-class work to be done by students and use the class time for more interactive and group based learning, the flipped classroom. For more information on flipped classroom, click here.

Pre-class work instruction

Explain to your class which videos to watch before an upcoming class session and to take the quizzes and watch relevant simulation content in the resource. Ask them to jot down any questions they may have regarding the topic either from content they watched, from a clinical case they saw or anywhere else to bring to the classroom session. Inform them that the class time will not be used for a lecture but instead, there will be small group case-based discussions and there will also be time to discuss the questions they will bring. If you plan to give them a quiz at the beginning of the in-class session, inform them about it too.

In-class activities

- Start with a short 4-5 quiz questions to be done individually at the beginning of the class (this will motivate them to come prepared)

- Ask them to pose any questions they had from the pre-class work and use the time to hear from other classmates and reflect on their questions with your guidance.

- Depending on the size of your class, break them into small groups of about 8-12. Based on the nature of the topic and your preference, you can prepare cases/clinical vignettes to be discussed and solved by the group or give them a case for role play (especially in topics like FP counselling). They can also have a clinical debate on a certain aspect of the topic.

- Give individual and group feedback real-time both during and at the end of the activities and allow them to ask questions.

- If possible, at the end of the class, ask students on how they felt about the learning experience in the session.