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203 Education NMH Annual Rep t | 2020 Virtual Reality (VR) Baby We are developing a virtual reality model of pregnancy to enhance medical and midwifery students experience of learning Collaborators: Prof Eleni Mangina, UCD School of Computer Science Medical Student Teaching Collaborative project with UCD Psychology studying women's and students' experiences of bedside teaching. Development and Validation of a questionnaire studying women's attitudes towards bedside teaching. Patient as Expert by Experience Qualitative research of women's lived experience of a diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes; development and validation of questionnaire studying women's attitudes towards a diagnosis of gestational diabetes. Second Victim To assess prevalence of second victim in maternity care in Ireland and the impact on clinical staff of adverse outcomes. IRELAND study Multicentre RCT in aspirin use to prevent pre- eclampsia in women with pre-gestational diabetes. Diabetes Role of fenugreek for breastfeeding in women with gestational diabetes. Stigma in abortion care providers Qualitative and quantitative study of service providers views of stigma related to their clinical work. Ovarian cancer immunology (co leads Prof D Brennan and Prof Walter Kolch) Joint project with Astra Zeneca and Precision Oncology Ireland focused on improving response to immune checkpoint inbitors in ovarian cancer and understanding novel immune checkpoints such as TIGIT funded by Irish Cancer Society in collaboration with Prof Lydia Lynch (TCD) Obesity related carcinogenesis Project focused on understanding the impact of intentional weight loss on endometrial biology in conjunction with Prof Donal Brennan, Prof Carel leRoux and Prof Helen Heneghan in UCD Survivorship Irish Cancer society funded project focused on development of evidence based survivorship programs for women living with and after cancer, Prof Donal Brennan Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS) Projects focused on aetiology and long term impact of PAS on maternal mental health, Prof Donal Brennan Medical Education ("MedEd") Electives Prof Mary Higgins We have now run three highly successful electives in Medical Education with 22 medical student participants. As well as students gaining increased knowledge in MedEd theories, student output includes the following • A 100-page handbook for final year students reviewing Obstetrics and Gynaecology • "Obscast" podcast • Multiple MedEd infographics on subject's that students identified as relevant and under resourced in the standard curriculum • A 300-question multiple choice question bank to allow for formative learning • An 80-page handbook reviewing History Taking and Examination skills in Obstetrics and Gynaecology • Presentations at the INHED, AMEE and ASME meetings BMJ Opinion Pieces (BMJ Columnist officially from 2020) Prof Mary Higgins https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/category/columnists/ mary-higgins 1. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/08/27/mary- higgins-the-return-of-medical-students-to-clinical- practice-is-filled-with-uncertainty/ 1. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/08/13/mary- higgins-reflections-can-be-quite-painful-to- complete-but-in-that-pain-comes-real-learning/ 1. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/05/22/mary- higgins-we-must-learn-from-the-experiences-of- people-who-have-had-COVID-19/ 1. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/04/09/mary- higgins-COVID-19-crossing-the-threshold/ Publications from UCD Obstetrics & Gynaecology in 2020, 63 in total, are listed in the Appendices