Teaching obstetrics and gynaecology to male undergraduate medical students: student's perception.

Background: In Pakistan there is a dearth of male practitioners in obstetrics and gynaecology (ObG) to cater for emergent needs. The Study was done to explore views of male medical students towards ObG as part of curriculum and to identify the problems during clerkship and its impact on selection of ObG as career.

Methods: The study used a 20-item questionnaire-based survey at Shifa College of Medicine from November 2010 to December 2011.

Emergency contraception: knowledge, attitude and practices among doctors of a tertiary care hospital.

Background: In Pakistan maternal mortality rate (MMR) is very high and more than one in five women die from pregnancy related causes; solution to this is to have low fertility rate. The emergency contraceptives (ECs) can be used to prevent unwanted pregnancies. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice about ECs among doctors.

Trial of extra amniotic saline infusion with oxytocin versus prostaglandin E2 pessary for induction of labor.

Objective: To determine the effectiveness and safety of cost-effective extra-amniotic saline infusion (EASI) and simultaneous intravenous oxytocin infusion versus prostaglandin E2 vaginal pessary (PGE2) for induction of labor.

Design: Prospective randomized comparative study.

Place And Duration Of Study: Labor room at the Mother and Child Health Centre, PIMS, Islamabad from September 2000 to December 2001.