Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Resident Experience & Schedules

This page is intended to answer some of your questions about our day-to-day schedule, our monthly rotation schedule, and our overall procedural experience.

 

Call Schedules

Residents on the night float system rotation will work 5 shifts per week.  Call will vary based on rotation and hospital site for residents with traditional call, but generally is as follows:

 

PGY-1 5-8 call nights/month
PGY-2 7-8 call nights/month
PGY-3 7-8 call nights/month
PGY-4 5-8 call nights/month

 

 

Residents go home after being on call consistent with ACGME duty hour standards.

One advantage of our call schedule is that the senior residents always make each hospital's schedule themselves. We agree to make sure that everyone has at least two weekends off per month.  

In other words, on your weekends off, you are off -you do not need to come to the hospital between Friday afternoon and Monday morning.

Rotation Schedule

First Year
Obstetrics (5 months)
Benign Gynecology (2 months)
Gynecologic Oncology (2 months)
Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility (2 months)
Ambulatory Medicine (1 month)

Second Year
Obstetrics (4 months)
Gynecology (4 months)
High-Risk Obstetrics (2 months)
Reproductive Endocrinology (2 months)

Third Year
Obstetrics (4 months)
Gynecology (4 months)
Oncology (2 months)
High-Risk Obstetrics (1 month)
Elective (1 month)

Fourth Year
Obstetrics Chief Resident (5 months)
Gynecology Chief Resident (5 months)
Uro-Gyn Chief Resident (2 months)


Continuity clinics are held weekly by all residents (except chief residents) at all three integrated hospitals to allow residents to build their own "private practice" throughout their training.

 

Procedural Experience

Our program has always been known for the variety and number of procedures that our residents are able to perform in four years. This is one of the strengths of our combined three-hospital program.   The table illustrates how our resident's experience compares with all programs nationally (by percentile). The average experience of the residents graduating in June 2006:

 

Procedure  PERCENTILE
 Spontaneous Vaginal Deliveries 76
 Forceps Deliveries 92
 Vacuum Deliveries 41
 Cesarean Deliveries 76
 Multifetal Deliveries 70
 Abdominal Hysterectomies 78
 Vaginal Hysterectomies 68
 Urogyn Procedures 40
 Laparotomies 89
 Laparoscopy 89
 Hysteroscopy 76
 Gyn Onc Procedures 75

 


 

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