Obstetrics & Gynecology

Dedicated didactics and formal teaching sessions include:

• Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) conference
• Fetal strip conference
• Generalist and subspecialty sessions
• Perioperative conference
• Resident led evidence-based medicine sessions
• Journal Club
• Tumor Board
• Interdisciplinary Grand Rounds
• Wellness Curriculum
• Quality & Safety Curriculum
• Procedure skills workshops
• Integrated practice management and billing/coding
• Dedicated time for research activities

Additional training and opportunities include:

• Access to laparoscopic, robotic, and ultrasound simulation equipment
• Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery Training with testing for FLS Certification
• Participation in multidisciplinary drills and critical care/emergency-based simulation
• Access to TrueLearn, a web-based program for exam preparation

• 2 months OBGYN Team
• 2 months MFM
• 1 month Gynecologic Oncology
• 2 weeks REI, 2 weeks FPMRS
• 3 months general OBGYN
• 1 month OB Triage
• 1 month Medical ICU
• 2 weeks Internal Medicine
• 2 weeks Emergency Medicine

Additional aspects of Year 1:

• Rotating internship focused on OBGYN but also with primary care, emergency and critical care experience
• L&D, outpatient clinic, and OR time incorporated into Team months
• Exposure to all subspecialties early in training
• Formal ultrasound training starting early in MFM rotation

With a 12-month team structure, PGY 2 residents work closely with the chief resident and faculty in a longitudinal experience incorporating L&D, gynecology OR, and outpatient clinic.

Additional aspects of Year 2:

• Manage L&D and OBT with team chief
• Perform Cesarean deliveries and operative vaginal deliveries and manage high-risk obstetrical patients
• Perform consults and manage antepartum and gynecologic inpatient admissions
• Protected OR day once a month as primary surgeon for minor gynecologic surgeries at an outpatient surgical center
• Develop continuity with patients through outpatient clinic
• Perform outpatient procedures including colposcopy and office hysteroscopy
• Formal ultrasound training

• 3 months Maternal-Fetal Medicine
• 3 months Gynecologic Oncology
• 6 weeks Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
• 3 months Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Survey
• 6 weeks Elective and Research Experience

Additional aspects of Year 3:

• L&D incorporated into rotations
• Outpatient continuity clinic weekly
• Without fellowship programs, residents get direct access to subspecialists and serve as primary surgeons or first assists on all surgeries
• Moonlighting opportunities available in OB Triage
• Elective opportunities in Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology, Global Health, and NICU

• PGY4 residents resume the longitudinal 12 month rotation experience that incorporates L&D, gynecology OR, and outpatient clinic.

Additional aspects of Year 4:

• Serve as chiefs managing their teams alongside with faculty
• 4 protected OR days a month functioning as primary surgeon for major and minor gynecologic surgeries
• Continuation of continuity clinic since Year 2, allowing exceptional longitudinal patient care
• 2 weeks of protected time for written board preparation
• Allotted time for fellowship rotations and interviews
• Moonlighting opportunities available in OB Triage and the county jail