Residency Program Overview
We are an ACGME accredited program sponsored by The University of Kansas. We invite you to find out more about us!
Highlights
- Robust surgical experience with progressive autonomy resulting in our residents graduating above the 90th percentile for major gynecologic surgery cases
- Yearly Ambulatory rotations focusing on outpatient clinical management and aspects of business of medicine
- One month of ultrasound training in the Center for Advanced Fetal Care
- Structured laparoscopic and robotic curriculum and complete EMIGS training
- Residents experience dedicated rotations in all ACGME fellowship subspecialties
- Dedicated resident research supervisors to assist in all steps of research
- Residents gain experience in specialty clinics, including our innovative Transgender Care Clinic, the Early Pregnancy Clinic, a Colposcopy clinic
Rotation Highlights
- The Gynecology Inpatient team consists of residents of varying levels, medical students and gynecology staff
- Daily rounding with discussion of service patients and medical topics
- Coverage of all surgical cases, the Emergency Room, and inpatient floor consults
- Weekly case conference to discuss surgical planning for upcoming cases
- The Obstetrics team consists of residents of varying levels, medical students, general hospitalist faculty, and Maternal-Fetal Medicine staff of the week
- Approximately 2,000 deliveries per year
- Referral center for high risk obstetrics
- Twice daily board sign out and morning rounds with hospitalist faculty and Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist
- Participation in all triage work-ups, floor management, and procedures
- Weekly case conference discussion to review in a format similar to oral boards
- Daily rounds with Maternal-Fetal Medicine Specialist
- Participation in care of antenatal patients and high risk laboring patients
- Participation in the outpatient management of high risk patients at the Center for High Risk Pregnancy
- Senior and junior resident team along with physician assistant
- Management of the inpatient service along with participation in operative cases
- Participation in outpatient clinic at the University of Kansas Cancer Center
- Participation in the operating room in a wide variety of prolapse and incontinence procedures
- 1-2 days per week of clinic and outpatient urodynamics and cystoscopy
- Participation in outpatient clinic including the area's only fertility preservation program and TLC program for recurrent pregnancy loss
- Participation in surgical procedures both at Kansas University Hospital and the Indian Creek Campus
- Structured reading assignments from ASRM to support the rotation
- Abdominal and transvaginal ultrasound at the Center for Advanced Fetal Care (CAFCA), a regional referral center that performs 10,000 ultrasounds annually
- Online learning modules to compliment the hands-on experience
- PGY1 - One Month
- Focuses on outpatient management of common gynecological problems
- 1 week focus on the business of medicine such as billing, front desk, check out and medical records.
- 1 week Patient Safety Rotation
- PGY4 - One Month
- Focuses on pelvic medicine working with the providers at the Center for Pelvic Pain and Sexual Health
- Three months during the PGY3 year at the University of Kansas Health System St. Francis campus
- Simulates private practice and includes gynecological surgery, some complex deliveries and outpatient management
- Located one hour west of Kansas City; housing is provided
- Half day per week on all rotations expect SICU and Night Float
- Organized by class teams, with each class having a clinic one-half day a week
- Continuity stressed to maximize patient care and procedures