Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Catalog description

The Obstetrics and Gynecology rotation provides a variety of experiences including the female outpatient examination, management of gynecologic and breast disorders seen in the ambulatory setting, exposure to obstetrical deliveries, management of the OB patient in the hospital, and the management of patients with surgical gynecologic conditions including exposure to gynecologic surgery. All experiences, regardless of setting have the goal of introducing the most common conditions seen in female patients cared for by their obstetrician and gynecologist. To avoid redundancy, topics are removed where they are also covered in surgery or Family Medicine or Internal Medicine. In this setting students learn to diagnosis and manage common acute medical and surgical conditions and preventive health care in the female population. Students receive exposure to prenatal and obstetrical standards of care. Students must also learn to discriminate emergent conditions from non-emergent ones in women and during pregnancy. Students should begin to acquire the essential knowledge to practice cost effective health care and standards of care. •