Ingham Regional Medical Center
A Community-based, university affiliated teaching hospital, rated among the top 5 percent nationality among non-government, acute care hospitals by Healthgrades for quality care and clinical excellence.

About OB/Gyn Residency Program

This program is currently designed for eight residents. Your first year of residency will focus primarily on obstetrics with emphasis on both normal and high-risk patients. Additionally you will spend a significant amount of time in gynecological surgery. Your second through forth years will be focused more on surgery with specialty emphasis. Labor & Delivery night call schedule is covered in a two-week block schedule fashion. Residents work under the supervision of thirteen OB/GYN physicians from multiple practices in the Lansing area. This provides a wide diversity of exposure to patient populations.

Residents enjoy their own work/study accommodations, private sleep rooms, and free meals when in house. There is a large private selection OB/GYN references for the residents as well as a fully staffed hospital library with technical support services.
* One week block night call schedule.
* Competitive salary.
* Yearly educational stipend.
* Free covered parking.
* Travel reimbursement.
* Free meals while in house.
* Lab coat allowance.

Education

Resident education is a dynamic process at Ingham Regional Medical Center. We are affiliated with the Michigan State University Statewide Campus System and through this benefit from all associated educational opportunities. The most obvious benefit from this affiliation is a monthly day long lecture series specific to OB/GYN held in the Lansing area. In addition we have ½[<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>] day per week of protected educational time for book chapter reviews, resident and attending lectures. Journal Club meets one evening per month usually at a local restaurant. During your residency, time is reserved for you to attend multiple required educational courses and some ACOOG conferences. Interns and medical students routinely rotate through our department.

* Protected didactic time
* Monthly OB/GYN lectures - MSU Statewide Campus System
* Journal Club

Required courses

* Advanced Life Support Obstetrics Course
* Neonatal Advanced Life Support
* Adult Cardiac Life Support
* Colposcopy Course
* Ultrasound Course
* ACOOG Mid Year Conference

Ingham OB/GYN Resident Clinic

5303 South Cedar
Lansing, MI 48911
(517) 887-4320

Hours:
Monday, Tuesday & Friday, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.

As of January 2001 Ingham Regional Medical Center began operating the Ingham County Women's Health Services clinic. The clinic offers a wide array of services to the local population, including: prenatal care, gynecological consultations, NST's, colposcopies, and ultrasounds. Residents spend a minimum of ½[<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>][<00BD>] day per week in clinic. Because the clinic draws from the countywide area there is a large variety of both gynecology and obstetrical patients. Resident clinic population is over 4000 patients, averaging 30 - 50 deliveries per month.

* Colposcopy
* Ultrasound
* NST's
* Prenatal care
* Large gynecology population
* Gynecology surgery

Teaching Staff

The teaching attendings at Ingham Regional Medical Center offer a wide range of experience, from recent resident graduates to those with thirty years in practice. Currently there are thirteen OB/GYN physicians on the teaching staff giving a physician to resident ratio of almost two to one.

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