Obstetrics and Gynecology Core Clerkship

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VISITING: Closed to visitors. TYPE OF CLERKSHIP: Required. DESCRIPTION: Provides the student with skills and knowledge needed to provide comprehensive OBGYN for patients across the lifetime age-spectrum, including preventative care, gynecologic care, and perinatal care from preconception counseling through pregnancy, labor & delivery, and the postpartum period. The clerkship is a full-time, 6-week rotation at one of 3 clinical sites: Stanford University Medical Center, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, and Kaiser Santa Clara. Emphasis is placed on history and physical examination skills pertinent to preventative care and OBGYN specialty care. The student will learn about the evaluation and management of pregnancy, antepartum and intrapartum conditions, participate in deliveries, and participate in ambulatory gynecologic care and gynecologic surgical procedures through the outpatient clinics and inpatient settings including Labor and Delivery and the operating room. The student participates in academic functions of the department including conferences, grand rounds, lectures, and weekly case studies. The first day of the clerkship is a full day orientation which includes the syllabus review, core didactics and a hands-on simulation of OB and Surgical skills. Student participation is mandatory for the first day orientation, second day orientation at sites and skills simulation lab, weekly case-based didactic sessions, and the NBME shelf exam. The NBME shelf exam is held on the last day of the clerkship; to allow for special accommodations, the student may be allowed to take the NBME shelf exam after the clerkship ends on a case by case basis after discussion with the Clerkship Director. No drops allowed. PREREQUISITES: None. PERIODS AVAILABLE: 1-12, full-time for 6 weeks, 16 students per period. CLERKSHIP DIRECTOR: Cynthia DeTata, M.D., Associate Clerkship Director:…