-An affiliate of the Department of Ob/Gyn at Weill Cornell Medical College-
Education
PGY-I:
OB: 12 weeks; GYN: 13 weeks; Night Float: 10 weeks; Ambulatory: 4 weeks; Emergency Medicine: 2 weeks; Family Medicine: 2 weeks; Continuity Clinic: 36 weeks; Vacation: 4 weeks
During the first two years of training, emphasis is placed on obtaining a broad-based background in general medical problems and introducing the housestaff to obstetrics and gynecology. Interns spend two weeks on the Family Practice Service, where they participate as FP interns in the work-up, diagnosis, and management of patients. Each intern spends two weeks on the Emergency Medicine service. This is an extremely valuable educational experience providing housestaff with the opportunity to handle all aspects of emergency room care, including neurologic, respiratory and cardiac problems.
Interns are assigned to the Obstetrics Service for four months (day shift) during the first year. The obstetrics resident is responsible for labor and delivery coverage and postpartum management. This responsibility includes evaluating and managing laboring patients and participating in operative and vaginal deliveries with the attending physician and midwife.
Two in house on-call attendings are present at Jamaica Hospital every day. The attendings are available to the on-call residents (one each for gynecology and obstetrics) for questions, emergency room consultation and general supervision. Teaching rounds are held daily at L&D, and are attended by medical students, housestaff and members of the faculty, including the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Interns rotate for two months on the Gynecology Service and also do 10 weeks of night float, which consists of both obstetrics and gynecology. The gynecology intern is responsible for admissions, pre-operative work-ups, and emergency room consultations. This intern scrubs on appropriate major cases in the main operating room with the attending and a senior resident, and in ambulatory surgery cases (hysteroscopy, dilatation and curettage, laparoscopic tubal ligations) as the primary surgeon.
The intent of the first year schedule is to provide an introduction to general medicine and gynecology and an extensive experience in obstetrics. Once achieved, the resident will emerge from the first year with a strong foundation in routine obstetrical management in the antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum phases; vaginal and operative delivery skills; and an understanding of gynecology and female anatomy sufficient to begin honing the art of gynecologic surgery. Duty hours for interns are no more than 16 hours in a row, in keeping with the latest RRC recommendations.
| OBG-YN Training | |||
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| Welcome | |||
| Introduction to the Program | |||
| Teaching Curriculum | |||
| PGY-I | |||
| PGY-II | |||
| PGY-III | |||
| PGY-IV | |||
| Clinic Schedule | |||