OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the role of clinical exchange programs in postgraduate obgyn training using the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO)-World Association of Trainees in Obstetrics and Gynecology (WATOG) One World Exchange (OWE), a clinical exchange program held in France in October 2023, as a case-study. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study. A 31-item structured questionnaire designed with Google Forms was electronically distributed to the 51 obgyn postgraduate trainees (OWE fellows) who participated in the OWE, to collect information about the exchange. Collected data was analyzed using IBM Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) Statistics for Windows. RESULTS: The survey response rate was 68.6%. The mean age of the respondents was 33.0 ± 4.0 years. Majority of the them were females (26, 74.3%), married (19, 54.3%), at least in their third year of training (30, 85.7%) and from Africa (11, 31.4%). During the period of the exchange program, fellows observed various obstetric and gynecologic procedures, including open and minimal access procedures, with more than one-fifth (8, 22.9%) of them reporting that they were allowed to assist in some of these procedures. The fellows noted salient differences in practice between their exchange hospitals and their home countries. An overwhelming majority (30, 85.7%) of the fellows believed the OWE was beneficial and would positively impact their clinical practices back in their home countries. CONCLUSION: Clinical exchange programs like the OWE provide valuable benefits in improving the clinical knowledge and skills of postgraduate obgyn trainees.

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Assisted Reproductive Technologies Unit Acibadem Maslak Hospital Istanbul Turkey

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Enugu Nigeria

Department of Obstetrics Gynecology and Perinatology Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex Ile Ife Nigeria

Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Oncology and Radiotherapy University Hospital Hradec Králové Hradec Králové Czech Republic

Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové Charles University Hradec Králové Czech Republic

Fetal Medicine Research Institute King's College Hospital London UK

Homerton University Hospital London UK

Hospital Dr Manuel Gea Gonzalez Mexico City Mexico

Lady Willingdon Hospital Lahore Pakistan

Life Health Medical Services Laguna Philippines

Roy's Multispecialty Hospital Siliguri West Bengal India

The Environmental Health Leadership Foundation Granite Bay California USA

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