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Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship

The Phase 2 Obstetrics and Gynecology clerkship provides clinical opportunities for the provision of comprehensive women’s health care, including medical care and counseling services for female patients. The rotation focuses on both common obstetrical conditions and gynecological problems. Knowledge of serious, less common conditions is also required.

There are two clinical rotation sites, Prentice Women’s Hospital (Northwestern Medicine) and the John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. Some learning activities at each site are scheduled, including Morbidity & Mortality, Grand Rounds, Sign-Out Rounds and a variety of educational conferences. Daily clinical activities are scheduled for the duration of the six-week clerkship. At times, there is flexibility for each student to select their specific clinical experiences. This is done in coordination with their assigned resident team on Labor and Delivery, Gynecologic Surgery (General Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Urogynecology/Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery) and in the outpatient clinics. It is the student's responsibility to identify and pursue learning which complements assigned clinical activities and leads to fulfillment of the course objectives. Students are expected to actively maintain their online clerkship log which includes assessment and evaluation of patients with a variety of common obstetric and gynecologic diagnoses and specific clinical/procedural skills (e.g., speculum examination, suturing, assisting in vaginal and cesarean deliveries). Students will achieve the majority of these objectives through actual patient encounters, and will have access to alternate learning experiences if needed. Students are responsible for obtaining knowledge about each of the assigned topics, as these are high yield for the NBME Subject Examination and the end of rotation Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology strives to train all Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine students to become self-directed, independent learners who take specific women’s health concerns into consideration no matter the clinical situation.

 

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Contacts

Weronika Armstrong
Director
312-666-3494

Jamillah Collins
Coordinator
Prentice 5-2166
312-472-4672