The 3rd year OB/Gyn Required Clerkship will provide clinical exposure to the various aspects of women’s health. Students will gain knowledge, experience, and competence in the diagnosis and management of gynecologic and obstetric patients in both the inpatient and outpatient clinical settings. Students will become familiar with physiologic adaptations of pregnancy and the process of normal and abnormal labor and delivery. A general understanding of reproductive health and recommended routine screening for female patients will also be covered.
It is critical to note that the clinical clerkship experience is not intended to teach the student everything about Obstetrics/Gynecology, nor provide the student with clinical experience in every aspect of the discipline. The Clerkship Director and the assigned Preceptor may provide educational guidance, but it is each student’s responsibility to learn the subject content. Lifelong self-learning is the goal and is expected in this core clinical clerkship. Students must show that adequate direct patient care experience has been achieved through Clinical Education Learning Logs, that will be maintained by the student and reviewed with the preceptor during the clerkship. The medical student should be involved in caring for at least 6 outpatients and/or 2 inpatients daily during the course of the clerkship.