Abstracts From the Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) and Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)

The mission of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) is to promote excellence in women's health care by providing optimal resources and support to educators who inspire, instruct, develop, and empower women's health care providers of tomorrow. Each year, APGO holds a joint meeting with the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology, which focuses on improving medical education for students and residents studying women's health. The 2012 meeting entitled “Embracing Transitions in Healthcare: Educating for Tomorrow, Today” was held March 7 to 10, 2012, in Orlando, Florida, and exhibited a wide variety of abstracts and breakout sessions, including the first annual Film Festival featuring videos for learners related to teaching procedural, clinical, and educational skills. The main plenary sessions included David Irby, PhD, from UCSF School of Medicine, whose address “Rethinking How We Educate Physicians Across the Continuum” focused on the sweeping changes occurring as a result of the 2010 Carnegie report, and Valerie Arkoosh, MD, PhD, President of the National Physicians Alliance, whose lecture “Educating for Tomorrow: The Future of Health Care and Education Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)” addressed the impact the changes brought about by the PPACA will have on medical education. The following oral abstracts, as selected by representatives from both organizations, address several topics including the impact new innovations and curricula have on learners’ experiences, issues related to residency training including the balance between service and education and the impact of duty hour restrictions.