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Core Clinical Clerkship in OB/GYN (OG200)


Ann L. Honebrink, MD
Director, Medical Student Education


Roslyn Levit
Administrative Coordinator, Educational Programs

University of Pennsylvania
Health System
Department of OB/GYN
c/o Roslyn Levit
Administrative Coordinator
Educational Programs
3400 Spruce Street
5 Dulles
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Phone: (215)662-2459
Fax: (215)349-5893
rlevit@obgyn.upenn.edu honebria@pahosp.com

The University of Pennsylvania Obstetrics & Gynecology medical student clerkships focus on health care of women during the reproductive and post-reproductive years.  All medical students at University of Pennsylvania Medical School spend 6 weeks on the core rotation and enrollment is exclusively offered to Penn medical students. The course emphasizes care of the pregnant female, normal labor and delivery, common obstetrical and gynecologic problems, preventive care, screening for gynecologic malignancies, and family planning and sexuality. Additional advanced electives are offered through the department, both at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP) and Pennsylvania Hospital sites.

The attending and resident faculty at HUP as well as our affiliate sites are dedicated to education of medical students.  We all hope that you enjoy the time you spend on our rotation and appreciate the broad educational clinical experience available to you through Obstetrics and Gynecology.

On the core rotation, medical students are assigned to one of eight hospitals/practices for their clinical experience.  In general, students spend equivalent time on labor & delivery, the gynecological services, prenatal and gynecology ambulatory clinics.  During the rotation, students return weekly to the University of Pennsylvania for didactic sessions.

Clerkship Evaluations

During the rotation, medical students report on and receive feedback about their clinical experience in a variety of ways. Students are provided with feedback cards which they share with teaching attending and residents as a way to formalize and document feedback on several aspects of student clinical performance. In addition, students record patient encounters and clinical discussions in an on line format to aid in evaluation of clinical experience at various sites and to assure individual student exposure to key clinical experiences on their rotation.  Students also receive formal feedback on presentation and physical exam skills via their “mini CEX” cards. 

Formal student evaluation and course grading is based on evaluations submitted by preceptors, residents and other attendings who have had contact with individual students during the rotation.  In addition, all students take a “shelf” Ob Gyn board exam at the end of the rotation. While the shelf exam contributes only 25% to the student’s final grade, minimum scores are required to qualify for a “pass” and an “honors” grade. For more detailed information, please see syllabus.

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecology

While we recognize that many students will go on to formally practice Obstetrics and Gynecology in their future careers, we strongly believe that ALL students will have the occasion to apply knowledge and skills learned on our rotation in their future professional and personal lives.   For those students who interested, the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecologists (ACOG) offers free medical student membership to students interested in Women’s Health and OB/GYN. Members receive ACOG’s educational resource materials (technical bulletins, practice committee opinions, journals, etc.) at no cost.  Medical students are also able to attend certain ACOG sponsored meetings free of charge. If you would like to become a Medical Student member of ACOG and be placed on the mailing list to receive these publications please visit the link below:    

http://www.acog.org/departments/membership/medstudentapp.cfm

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