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Please review the general clerkship requirements in this website before—and several times during—the rotation to maintain educational focus and to direct your reading to complement the learning experience available at your assigned clerkship site. The following information describes some basic expectations at the University Hospital/Harborview Medical Center basic clerkship site.
back row: Brooke Harker, Karla Richardson, Thomas Benedetti, MD, MHA, Elizabeth Jarrett
front row: Ron Swensen, MD, Vicki Mendiratta, MD, Lynn Mandel, PhD |
Orientation & Preceptor Appointments
On the first day you will attend a general Ob/Gyn basic clerkship orientation, followed by an introduction to the University/Harborview site. Service assignments, clinic, lecture and call schedules are distributed at this time. All 665 students spend three weeks on GYN Non-Tumor at University Medical Center or the GYN service at Harborview Medical Center. Students with a strong interest in a particular GYN service may request specific assignments by calling the Ob/Gyn Education office (543-3891) not later than two weeks prior to the first rotation day. Requests will be honored as scheduling allows.
The orientation schedule includes time for students to contact their assigned first period Preceptor to arrange regular meeting times (averaging an hour per week). In the third week of the rotation, students should contact their second period Preceptor to make similar meeting arrangements.
Clinical Experience
Each student is assigned to either a resident or an Attending throughout the rotation. The student accompanies the assigned physician as she/he sees patients and performs parts of the history and physical as directed. All physicians see patients with the student, and together do the work up and decide on patient care. Of the three weeks on the OB service, one week is night float; the other two are on Labor & Delivery and in OB clinics.
Ward work and workups of in-hospital patients are done under the supervision of residents and/or faculty attending. (A good plan is to decide what you would do for the patient, based on information you have gathered, then ask the resident staff or faculty attending for confirmation or constructive criticism of your management plan. You learn more, and remember longer, by being a proactive part of the process.) Much of the teaching is done by residents; in return students provide considerable help to the residents' care of patients, but this too is a learning experience. (Ask why the tests or procedures are done and what the options are for each patient.)
On-Call Responsibility
Each student has one “night float” of call. Night float consists of five nights of call with no clinical responsibilities the following day (however, there are required didactics on Wednesdays). Night float will start on the 1st day of the rotation. The first student on night float will be notified via email prior to their orientation.
Students on call need to establish a helpful and cooperative rapport with the Labor and Delivery staff and need to be available. Students who are readily available in the delivery area accomplish far more hands-on activity than those who are difficult to locate. Meals are not supplied during call.
Lectures/Conferences
Wednesday mornings are reserved for clerkship lectures and occasionally Departmental Grand Rounds (this schedule may vary during Summer quarter). There is also a Friday morning Pathology Conference, Prenatal Genetics and Fetal Therapy Conference, Oncology Combined Conference and Multi-Disciplinary Teaching Conference. Some conferences are designed for the continuing medical education of residents and staff, but students who give thoughtful attention have much to gain and attendance is required.
If you are attending lectures at the UWMC site for the interactive Contraception Lecture you are required to prepare responses to the questions listed on the Contraception Reading/Lecture Guide Handout.
Final Exams & Grades
The Final Exam is given at University Medical Center on the last day of the clerkship. Exam results are combined with the results of ward and clinic performance evaluations, workups, and oral topic presentations to determine the final grade. Preceptors and Chief Residents on each service are expected to evaluate students assigned to their services.
At the conclusion of exams, students are required to complete a thoughtful and honest teaching assessment and overall clerkship evaluation. Rental textbooks must be returned to the Division of Education office before the end of the last clerkship day.
Final Comments
We hope your Ob/Gyn Basic Clerkship rotation at University Hospital/Harborview Medical Center site will be an enjoyable and challenging learning experience. Please feel free to contact the Ob/Gyn Division of Education office at 543-3891 in BB667K any time during the rotation if you have additional questions or perceive a problem.
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