It was back to the Lebanese University for the 5th didactic session to the midwifery students in Tripoli.

 

The session commenced with midwife Nariman, who has joined the group from the community, sharing with her classmates her experiences working on the simulator and how that correlates with her work as the charge nurse of the labor and delivery at a local hospital.

 

Today’s didactic session today was quite interactive where Reem S. Abu-Rustum presented a series of abnormal cases and the students had to recognize what was abnormal. It was stressed to them that in the future, and at this stage of their training, they are not expected to reach the correct diagnosis. However, they need to recognize that the image is not as it should be in order to ensure that the patients get referred for proper diagnosis and management. Subsequently, the sonographic assessment of twins, determining chorionicty and the key complications to anticipate and look for were covered. SANA’s utilized ISUOG Outreach’s educational slide set on Twins.

 

At the end of the session, the students planned next week’s observatory/hands-on days with SANA…