Teaching clinical anatomy of the female pelvic floor to undergraduate students: A critical review of nevralgic points

Pelvic floor anatomy is complex and its three-dimensional organization is often difficult to understand for both undergrad- uate and postgraduate students. Here, we focused on several critical points that need to be considered when teaching the perineum. We have to deal with a mixed population of students and with a variety of interest. Yet, a perfect knowledge of the pelvic floor is the basis for any gynecologist and for any surgical intervention. Our objectives are several-fold; i) to estab- lish the objectives and the best way of teaching, ii) to identify and localize areas in the female pelvic floor that are suscepti- ble to generate problems in understanding the three-dimensional organization, iii) to create novel approaches by respecting the anatomical surroundings, and iv) prospectively, to identify elements that may create problems during surgery i.e. to have a closer look at nerve trajectories and on compression sites that may cause neuralgia or postoperative pain. A feedback from students concludes that they have difficulties to assimilate this much information, especially the different imaging tech- niques. Eventually, this will lead to a severe selection of what has to be taught and included in lectures or practicals. Another consequence is that more time to study prosected pelves needs to be given.

Le professorat universitaire: une sélection genrée marquée par des critères d'excellence

Comme d'autres institutions académiques européennes, les universités suisses connaissent des changements importants et « l'excellence académique » est devenu un critère central lors de la sélection des dossiers pour les postes de rang professoral. Dans cet article, nous analyserons les critères d'excellence tels qu'ils apparaissent dans le programme Professeur.e.s boursiers.ières du FNS et les confronterons aux résultats d'une recherche sur les trajectoires de la relève académique que nous avons menée à l'Université de Lausanne. Nous montrerons comment la définition de l'excellence académique obéit à des logiques genrées qui rendent l'accession à un poste professoral plus difficile pour les femmes que pour les hommes. Nous verrons pourquoi les critères d'évaluation des sciences dures, qui sont peu à peu transférés vers les sciences humaines, renforcent les mécanismes d'exclusions des femmes des mondes académiques.

Moïse, médiateur par excellence

Mois est sans doute l'homme le plus important de la Bible hébraïque. Sans Moïse, il n'y aurait ni judaïsme, ni christianisme. Pour le judaïsme, Moïse est le médiateur par exclellence, celui par qui le peuplereçoit l'alliance et la Loi. Pour le christianisme, il préfigure lésus-Christ, que le Nouveau Testament dépeint souvent comme un nouveau Moïse, un nouveau médiateur. Et le Coran voit en Moïse un précurseur de Manomel.

La visite médicale en pratique hospitalière: entre soins et apprentissage [Conducting ward rounds: a balance between care and teaching].

Every day, hospital doctors spend time at conducting ward rounds. Rounds are a core clinical activity during which doctors interact with patients, synthetise a whole set of informations and make many decisions. In addition, rounds can become a crucial teaching moment, when a trainee gets supervised by an attending physician. However, litterature on the topic of rounds is scarce. This paper summarizes the results of the few key studies focusing on ward rounds. The results are presented in four sections, each one being dedicated to one of the round stakeholders: the trainee or resident, the trainer, the patient and the nurse. An emphasis is put on ward rounds involving both a trainee and a trainer, since such rounds always mean striking a balance between care and teaching.