Obstetric simulation for undergraduate medical education: how to improve students' self-confidence and expectation according to gender.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of obstetric simulation training on undergraduate medical students to improve their self-confidence.

Methods: Fifth-year undergraduate medical students were invited to a 2-week course of simulation in obstetrics during their clerkship. The sessions included were as follows: (1) care for the second and third periods of childbirth, (2) partograph analysis and pelvimetry, (3) premature rupture of membranes at term, and (4) diagnosis and management of third-trimester bleeding.