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OB-GYN
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology offers a four-year accredited residency program designed to provide extensive experience leading to board certification. Since the program began in 1951, the board passage rates have remained at nearly 100 percent.


Year One
* Two months Obstetrics
* Two months Gynecology
* One month REI
* One month ER
* Two months Clinic
* Two months OB Clinic
* One month OB Float
* One month Night Float

The first year resident is expected to become increasingly proficient in evaluation, diagnosing and caring for individuals with routine symptoms under the direct supervision of senior residents and attending physicians. During their surgical rotation, they will learn basic laparoscopic procedures, hysteroscopy, and cervical conization as well as biopsies.

Year Two
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* One rotation REI
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation Swing Shift
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation OB Surgery
* One rotation Diagnostic Gynecology
* One rotation Ambulatory Care

The second year resident is expected to continue to progress in all previously noted areas. In addition, the resident should begin to develop skills and proper concepts pertaining to abnormal obstetrics. The second year resident can expect to be the primary surgeon on many cesarean sections.

Year Three
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* Two rotations Night Float
* One rotation Oncology
* One rotation Swing Shift
* One rotation Advanced Surgery
* One rotation Diagnostic Gynecology
* One rotation REI

The third-year resident functions as a first and second year resident consultant, is in charge of the labor floor and is increasingly responsible for more difficult patient management under the direct supervision of the chief resident and attending physicians.

Year Four
* Two rotations Obstetrics
* Two rotations Gynecology
* Two rotations Night Float
* Two rotations Oncology
* One rotation Advanced Surgery
* One rotation Urogynecology

By the end of the fourth year, the resident is expected to be able to complete the first part of the board certification process. Fourth-year residents are directly responsible to the supervising attending.

Throughout all four years, the resident is expected to direct primary and preventive health care in the Continuity Center. All of the residents' clinical activities from the delivery room to the operating room to the Continuity Clinic are directly supervised by the faculty. In addition, there is an organized series of courses addressing the business aspects of medicine.