Program Overview

Snapshot

• Required core clinical rotation
• Six weeks in length
• Offered 8 times each academic year
• Basics of both OB and GYN

• Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)
• Medical Student Educational Objectives, 9th Ed.
• Women’s Health Care Competencies;   Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education

• Understand the approach to and critical components of OB/GYN history taking
• Understand the physiologic changes of pregnancy, and its relationships with other medical disorders
• Understand the principles of antepartum care
• Understand the principles of intrapartum management
• Understand the physiologic ovulatory cycle, and how it is evaluated and therapeutically manipulated
• Understand common gynecologic disorders
• Understand pelvic anatomy as illustrated in the O.R.

Technical Goals

• Perform an OB/GYN history and physical
• Perform a complete pelvic exam observed by faculty
• Deliver a baby
• Observe / participate in pelvic surgery
• Perform phlebotomies, IV insertions, catheter insertions, pelvic exams, wet preps

Required

• Obstetrics and Gynecology, 6th Ed., edited by Beckman, Ling, et al
• White coat, stethoscope
• Computer access to Internet
• Enthusiasm

• Pinnacle Health, Harrisburg Hospital
• Hershey Medical Center
• Lehigh Valley Hospital
• Mt. Nittany Medical Center
• Reading Hospital & Medical Center
• York Hospital

• Faculty & chief residents from Hershey Medical Center
• Adjunct to textbook and clinical experiences
• Performed on three days at HMC
• Required of all students
• Moved toward clinical cases & away from lectures, so it is important to prepare!

• Knowledge base
• History and physical skills (interviewing)
• Problem solving skills (reasoning ability)
• Personal Attitude (professionalism)
• Communication skills (written & verbal)
• Technical skill