Obstetrics and Gynecology

Catalog description

The Obstetrics and Gynecology (Women's Health) clerkship is specifically designed as a 5-week clinical clerkship rotation providing students with exposure to and training with a diverse population of female patients in outpatient, inpatient, and preoperative settings. The clerkship focus is on epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical presentation, interviewing and physical examination, laboratory, imaging, and procedural evaluation, medical education and counseling, treatment and management specifically related to prenatal care, obstetrical and gynecological conditions, and preventive healthcare. In this clerkship students have the opportunity to develop skills necessary for appropriate triage, stabilization, evaluation, treatment, and management of patients with prenatal, gynecological, and obstetrical conditions in an Obstetrics and Gynecology setting. Where possible, students participate in grand rounds, noon conferences, and other clinically relevant didactic presentations. Each student is assigned a clinical site and preceptor at the inception of the clinical year. Prerequisites: Successful completion of the didactic year of the Physician Assistant Studies curriculum. The pre-requisites of MS 504C, 508B, 511, 512, 513 and 514 are all required.