General Educational Objectives
The overall educational objectives of the program of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Exempla Saint Joseph Hospital are based on Educational Objectives: Core Curriculum in Obstetrics and Gynecology. This format is reviewed with each new edition, and continues to allow for the training of physicians in the primary and preventive care of women, pregnancy, and the female reproductive system. The educational objectives strive to accomplish the following for graduating residents:

1. To be able to practice the full range of obstetrics and gynecology in a recognized physician-patient relationship.

2. To successfully complete the certifying examinations of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
3. To serve as a consultant in obstetrics and gynecology to other physicians and health care providers.
4. To enter advanced training in the subspecialties of obstetrics and gynecology as talents and aspirations dictate.
5. To establish lifelong habits of scholarship and intellectual curiosity.
6. To recognize the special and unique role of the obstetrician/gynecologist in their promotion of health and well being for women and their unborn children.
7. To obtain and demonstrate competencies in patient care, medical knowledge, practice based learning, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems based practice.

Rotations
First-year residents can count on a full obstetrical experience, including neonatal resuscitation and formal ultrasound training. All residents enrich their first year of postgraduate training with one month spent on the Family Medicine Service as well as one month learning Clinical Applications of Ultrasound.

On the OB Service the OB Chief Resident rounds with an Attending Physician every day overseeing and approving and/or making management decisions. On the Antepartum Service the first, second or third year resident rounds with the perinatologists.

Second and third year residents enjoy increasing responsibility in obstetrics and gynecology cases as well as in the specialty services of urogynecology, reproductive endocrinology, and gynecologic oncology.

The Fourth-year residents share the responsibility of OB and GYN Chief taking turns overseeing the entire service. They also have elective, flexible, and didactic four week rotations where they can pursue additional areas of academic interest.

Didactics
At least five hours each week are devoted to academic sessions that are conducted by the director, attending staff members, visiting faculty from other clinical and laboratory departments within the Hospital, residents, and visiting faculty from other hospitals and Universities. Also, house staff are welcome to attend meetings and lectures at the Colorado Section of the A.C.O.G.