Obstetrical Externship. 4 Credit Hours

Catalog description

This 4 week selective offers training and experience in the care of complicated and normal pregnancies and exposure to advanced obstetric techniques. It is designed primarily as a preparatory sub-internship for students anticipating residency in obstetrics and gynecology, and is primarily an inpatient course. The student will have the opportunity to be an integral member of the obstetric service and function at the junior intern level under the supervision of the obstetric faculty and residents. Opportunity for direct participation in labor and delivery, outpatient clinics (maternal-fetal medicine, diabetes, high-risk OB), operative obstetrics, and obstetric sonography is provided. The student is required to attend patient care conferences, didactic sessions, teaching rounds, and obstetric quality improvement conferences. The student will be required to give one formal seminar presentation on an obstetric clinical topic, and will participate in call on labor and delivery. Prerequisite: Completion of core clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OBGY3000 or equivalent) Additional prerequisite for visiting students is successful completion of USMLE Step 1 exam, satisfactory completion of all preclinical and clinical coursework.