First Year of Residency
Obstetrics
The first year is focused on training in basic obstetrics: antepartum/postpartum care, cesarean sections, spontaneous vaginal deliveries. The resident also attends a weekly obstetrics clinic that provides training in routine prenatal care and pregnancy counseling.
Inpatient Gynecology
The intern on the Gynecology team is active in the in-patient care of patients with benign gynecologic and gynecologic oncology issues so that the resident learns the skills necessary for basic procedures. Additionally, the intern sees all Emergency Department consults. The intern will also learn surgical skills to develop competence in performing D & Cs, abdominal incision and closure, laparoscopic tubal ligations, adnexectomies and robotic surgical positioning/port placement. Second assisting on oncology cases will provide the opportunity to learn detailed pelvic anatomy.
Medical Intensive Care Unit
The resident spends one month in a medical intensive care unit learning the principles of intensive care medicine by following individual patients under the supervision of a senior medical resident and participates fully in the management of critically ill patients and learns the principles of intensive care medicine. Experience is gained in cardio-pulmonary monitoring and airway management.
Night Float
During the second half of the intern year, the skills of obstetrical and gynecologic care gained during the first part of the year are used in the management of patients as the Junior Night Float Resident. This rotation involves working alongside the Senior Night Float resident and the covering attendings five nights/week. Much of this rotation involves the management of acute obstetrical patients; however, the resident is also exposed to the care of gynecologic patients in the Emergency Room and on the ward. This rotation allows for further development of multitasking and priority setting skills.
Outpatient Gynecology
The rotation offers a breadth of outpatient experience that includes seeing routine gynecologic patients, patients with endocrinology and infertility issues, and office based procedures (hysteroscopy, ultrasound, sonohysterograms) There are also two half days per week spent in a Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology clinic.