GYN MIS Elective

Catalog description

This elective is meant to provide a ‘hands on” GYN curriculum for 4th year medical students that incorporates GYN high and low fidelity simulation with an emphasis on minimally invasive surgery. The ultimate goal of this rotation is to enable the trainee to efficiently acquire basic level skills essential to building confidence and ease drawn from the use of multiple types of tasks in a virtual reality environment. The student will obtain a well rounded experience in this rotation covering MIS cases in the OR with the MIS fellow which will allow the student to learn the preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative considerations required in minimally invasive procedures. Pre-requisite: OB/Gyn Clerkship (2 or 4 weeks). Limit 1 student, 2 students if both faculty are available.