OB-Gyn Sub-Internship

ELEC 509 / POBG 680

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Clinical or Non-Clinical Course
Clinical (Sub-I selective)

Physician Assessed Patient Facing
Yes

Prerequisites
Completion of Phase 2 Clerkships

Goal
This obstetrics and gynecology phase 3 sub-internship is designed to synthesize medical knowledge gained during phase 2 clerkship with further application in primary patient management and care. The learner will be assigned 1-4 patients to actively manage under the supervision of a senior resident or attending. The learner will have experiences on labor and delivery, gynecologic surgery and obstetrics and gynecology clinic. This will allow the learner to navigate the three primary environments that an obstetrician-gynecology resident will be responsible for during residency.

Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:

  1. Admit and manage patients on the labor and delivery service.
  2. Identify and discuss orders on assigned patients.
  3. Identify and perform appropriate triage of patients on labor and delivery.
  4. Effectively utilize electronic medical record on assigned patients including History & Physical, progress notes and update problem list.
  5. Effectively and professionally communicate with an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
  6. Describe common gynecologic surgical technique and approach.
  7. Identify gynecological anatomical structures during surgical procedures.
  8. Manage patient care from pre-operative through post-operative phases on assigned patients.
  9. Identify and describe medical and surgical management of common obstetric and gynecologic processes included, but not limited to, spontaneous abortion, full term and pre-term vaginal and Cesarean section deliveries, and hysterectomy.

Method of Assessment

Standard Clinical 4wk Elective Evaluation - Honors/High Pass/Pass/Fail

Course Director
Nathan Petersen, M.D.

Course Coordinator
John Milus
Milus@uic.edu
309.624.5592

Location
OSF SFMC, Carle Health Methodist

Setting
Outpatient
Inpatient

Night Call
Yes

Laboratory
No

Weekends
Yes

House Staff
Yes

Number of Learners per Block
One Student per Block.

Duration
4 weeks

Who is this elective available to
M4s (in Phase 3)

Blocks Available
Blocks 1-7, 9,10