Residency Program

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology accepts candidates into its four-year training program immediately following graduation from medical school. The program is approved by the Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education for four years of graduate medical education upon completion of medical school. Training can also be arranged for those who have completed internships (Housestaff I) in Medicine or Surgery. Eligibility for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) is achieved upon completion of the four-year training program.

Residents and Faculty

Numerous opportunities exist for residents to develop working relationships with the faculty:

Daily
service rounds with the attendings

Weekly
Grand Rounds
Oncology-Pathology Conference
Endo-Infertility Conference
Obstetrical Complications Conference
Gynecologic Complications Conference
Resident Lecture Series

Monthly
Journal Club

Each resident is assigned to a faculty preceptor. Faculty evaluate residents on each rotation and conduct semi-annual resident evaluation sessions. There is a special resident/faculty committee which meets regularly to consider issues important to the residency training program.

Research Project

Prior to graduation, each resident is required to complete a research project on an area of interest to him/her. Research opportunities are available in all sections of the Department, as well as related departments, and a faculty member sponsors each project. Residents present their projects at the end of PGY (post graduate year) III. Most of the residents also present their projects later at national meetings and/or publish them in peer-reviewed journals.

Resident Schedules 1998-99

The addition of MacNeal Hospital to our hospital system has improved our overall training program and helps fulfill all of the Residency Review Committee's primary care requirements. Additional gynecology rotations at Louis A. Weiss Memorial and E.H.S. Trinity Hospitals take place during PGY III.

Vacation & Other Benefits

Vacations are taken in two, 2-week blocks. The Department supports the expenses of each senior resident to attend an educational meeting of his/her choice. Further support is given to any resident who is accepted to present a research project at a scientific meeting.

Statistics

Average total cases

Residents Present and Past

Application information

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