The Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship, in the third-year, is an eight-week rotation that consists of six weeks of inpatient care and two weeks of ambulatory care.  The inpatient service is equally divided between obstetrics and gynecology at one of five hospitals in the Tri-State area: University Hospital, The Christ Hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, or St. Lukes Hospital.  The obstetrics portion may consist of normal labor and delivery, high-risk obstetrics (maternal fetal medicine), or routine prenatal care.  Gynecology may include benign gynecology, gynecologic oncology, or reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

During the two-week ambulatory preceptorship, the student is paired with a physician in the outpatient setting for direct one-on-one instruction.  The goal of the preceptorship is to expose the student to the practice of ob/gyn in the ambulatory setting rather than the hospital environment.  The focus is on the common problems encountered in the ambulatory setting.  The student will have the opportunity to see patients and present them to the preceptor. 

The curriculum has been revamped to reflect learner-based teaching.  All but the basic lectures have been replaced with small group sessions.  In these sessions, the student will cover a majority of the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) learning objectives.  The learning is problem based with a faculty leading the students through the workup of a case. Each case has a list of learning objectives and discussion questions. The goal of the small group session is to allow the students to apply knowledge learned in the reading assignments to clinical scenarios with the help of faculty with clinical experience.

Finally, students are required to bring one case from their clinical experience as a case to present to the class. The clerkship director leads the class through the case by working on skills in taking a focused history, formulating a problem list, creating a differential, making a diagnosis and formulating a plan of therapy.

For more information please contact:

Rose Wolterman
Program Coordinator
Rose.Wolterman@uc.edu
558-7651

or Thomas deHoop, M.D.
OB/GYN Clerkship Director
Thomas.deHoop@uc.edu