The Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship at KU School of Medicine-Wichita is an eight-week intensive study of obstetrics and gynecology for third-year medical students. It is the goal of the faculty in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology to give students a well-rounded experience to best prepare them to be the highest quality physicians in the great tradition of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.

Experiences

Students experience ambulator, inpatient and outpatient Obstetrics and Gynecology. Students will have opportunities to experience patient care in the following areas:

• Labor and Delivery
• OB-GYN surgery
• General OB-GYN ambulatory clinics—both resident and faculty private practice
• OB-GYN specialties including but not limited to:
  • Maternal Fetal Medicine
  • Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
  • Urogynecology
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Family Planning

Students will be involved in deliveries, gynecologic surgeries, prenatal visits, well-woman exams and gynecologic health visits. While on the rotation, students will spend time in at least one area of focus in OB-GYN or a closely related field. The combination of both experiences will offer both ambulatory clinic and surgical opportunities.

Expectations and Responsibilities
Students will achieve the learning objectives for the rotation which are based upon the nationwide OB-GYN curriculum from the Association of Professors in Obstetrics and Gynecology (APGO). This will include a combination patient encounters, didactics and self-learning to achieve these goals.

Beyond academic success, clerkship students should demonstrate high-quality behaviors in the areas of professionalism, data collection and documentation, interpretation of data, patient and interprofessional collaboration, and communication and technical skills.

Students will take histories, perform physical examinations, present patients to supervisors and develop skills for ordering and documenting. Students will have hands-on experiences in labor and delivery and the operating room some of which are more unique to the field of OB-GYN and surgery, but many that are utilized throughout the profession, including the high important area of participating in and promoting a culture of patient safety.

As a core clerkship, the obstetrics & gynecology rotation prepares the KU medical student to have a solid foundation in OB-GYN which will serve them well in any specialty they choose as they are able to apply the knowledge and skills gained on this rotation for the remainder of their career.

Tips for Excelling in the Obstetrics/Gynecology Rotation

• Master the syllabus, where expectations are well described and many gems on how to excel may be found
• Demonstrate enthusiasm
• Study normal pregnancy, labor and endocrinology early in the first few days of the rotation
• Prepare for cases by reviewing anatomy and learning about disease processes
• Read about and visualize surgical techniques
• Be a team player
• Work hard on call, and master topics in labor, fetal monitoring and cardinal movements of delivery prior to taking call

Clerkship Director:
Ashley Robbins, M.D.
arobbins@kumc.edu

Clerkship Assistant Director:
Alexandra Meloccaro, M.D.
amelocarro@kumc.edu

Medical Student Education Coordinator:
Laurie Francis, BS
lfrancis2@kumc.edu
316-962-3181

Texts:
Recommended text for rotation: Beckmann and Ling's Obstetrics and Gynecology

Grading:

• Pass/fail: Professionalism (including active participation in all learning encounters), supervised history and physical, in-house examination (complete #1,2,3 and passing score on #4)

• To achieve a passing grade in a clerkship, students must pass all clerkship specific parameters as detailed in each clerkship’s Grading Tabulation Form, as well as the global parameters include the observed H&P, NBME exam, OSCE or oral, and professionalism.

  Students may receive a clinical distinction if they achieve a 90% or above on the OSCE or the student may receive a medical knowledge distinction if they achieve a 70% percentile on the shelf exam.