Originally Posted by wannabe
I find it impossible to believe that any student could do a hospital placement on postnatal ward without hearing about GBS. It is one of the most common reasons (the other being mec) for doing regular neonatal observations postnatally ("baby obs").
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I have to agree with others and say this is not at all uncommon at the beginning of training. I would actually suggest that this is quite a condescending attitude to new students and fails to foster a good debate, which is what we like to encourage, as they may think that they are 'silly' if they don't know.
Rather, issues like this are often only learn't after you come across it for the first time. I certainly knew nothing of the effects of Cholestasis for instance until I encountered it in practice and then took it upon myself to find out more about it. This was in year one, and we didn't cover the topic until year 3 of our training.
I also find that general support groups are a great place to begin looking for information as it is usually written for the sufferer or layman to understand. Once you have a basic understanding, you can then look to develop that knowledge.
KS x
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