OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

THIRD YEAR CLERKSHIP 2006-2007

Administration
Department Chairman:	I. Keith Stone, M.D.
Clerkship Director:	Kenneth R. Kellner, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Clerkship Director GNV:	Shireen MadaniSims, M.D.
Clerkship Administrator, GNV:	Heather Stuart (352-392-2894, clerkship@obgyn.ufl.edu)
Associate Clerkship Director, JAX:	Brent Seibel, M.D.
Assistant Clerkship Director, JAX:	Judy Bowers, M.D.
Clerkship Administrator, JAX.:	Monica Romer (904-244-3125, Monica.romer@jax.ufl.edu)

Overview
Six-week clerkship with two rotations
Three weeks:	Gynecology at either the Gainesville or Jacksonville campus
Three weeks:	Obstetrics at either the Gainesville or Jacksonville campus

Student Activities
Generic:
Ward rounds, seminars, on-call, Labor & Delivery, Operating Room, ambulatory care clinics
Formal:
All Students:	On Rotation:
Case-Based Conferences	GYN Attending Discussion
Chairman's Seminar	Prenatal Diagnosis Conference
Student EBM Thesis	L&D Board Rounds
Grand Rounds	Ultrasound clinic & conference
Resident Core Lectures	GYN pre-op conference
Private Practice	Nurse shadowing

Student Evaluation
All faculty, residents, midwives, nurse-practitioners, and nurses submit evaluations for competency of students with whom they've had sufficient contact. The 6 College of Medicine graduation competencies are evaluated during this clerkship with the following subcategories:
1. Human Relationships and Communications	6. Procedural
2. Professional Behavior	7. Physician Scholar
3. Core Discipline	8. Health Care Team
4. Data Gathering	9. Problem Solving
5. Information Management
Written Formative Feedback will be provided at the end of the first rotation Summative Evaluation = Competencies 80% + NBME Subject Exam 20%

Course Evaluation
The Clerkship Director will meet with all students the last day to discuss their clerkship experience.
Students complete a confidential on-line questionnaire evaluating the clerkship activities, and faculty and residents at both sites.

Orientation
Two to three weeks before the clerkship begins the students will receive an email with instructions. The first day of the clerkship all students attend orientation in Gainesville. Students on the first Jacksonville rotation will leave for Jacksonville at lunch time that day. Rotation assignments are already determined. Specific schedules are handed out at orientation along with learning objectives, evaluation procedures and explanations of activities. The text for the clerkship is Obstetrics and Gynecology for Medical Students, 4th Ed. by Beckmann, et.al. and there is a required reading assignment in it before orientation

Orientation

Two to three weeks before the clerkship begins the students will receive an email with instructions. The first day of the clerkship all students attend orientation in Gainesville. Students on the first Jacksonville rotation will leave for Jacksonville at lunch time that day. Rotation assignments are already determined. Specific schedules are handed out at orientation along with learning objectives, evaluation procedures and explanations of activities. The text for the clerkship is Obstetrics and Gynecology for Medical Students, 4th Ed. by Beckmann, et.al. and there is a required reading assignment in it before orientation

Philosophy
The Department motto is "Work Hard - Play Hard." Traditionally students have enjoyed this clerkship and if you adopt our philosophy you will too.
For general information about the medical school at the University of Florida visit: http://medinfo.ufl.edu.

Students: Click here for the Clerkship Syllabus Students: Click here for ObGyn101 Students: Click here for Evaluating the Clerkship Students: Click here for the APGO website Students: Click here for the ACOG website Faculty and Residents: Click here to Evaluate Students Faculty and Residents: Click here for the student evaluation of you Faculty and Residents: Click here for the student evaluation of the clerkship