Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Curriculum
Rotations
Clinical Sites
Obstetrics and gynecology residents rotate through three main clinical sites:
PGY-1 Schedule
- Five months: Obstetrics, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Obstetrics/ultrasound, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- Two months: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Inpatient gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Specialty clinics
- Two months: Night float
PGY-2 Schedule
- Two months: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Inpatient gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Specialty clinics
- Two months: Gynecologic oncology
- Two months: Night float
- One month: Urogynecology
- Three months: Obstetrics, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
PGY-3 Schedule
- Two months: Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
- Two months: Gynecologic oncology
- Two months: Night float
- One month: Urogynecology
- Two months: Obstetrics, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Specialty clinics
- One month: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis and St. Luke's Hospital (float)
- One month: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis; consults, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
PGY-4 Schedule
- One month: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis; consults, SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
- Two months: Urogynecology
- Two months: Obstetrics, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
- One month: Specialty clinics
- Two months: Gynecologic oncology
- Two months: Gynecology, SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis and St. Luke's Hospital (float)
- Two months: Night float
Evaluations
Residents are evaluated often during their four years of training. Faculty provide regular feedback as well as formal assessments after each rotation. Residents are also evaluated by their peers, medical students, patients and nurses, and via self-evaluation. Criteria include:
- Patient care
- Medical knowledge
- Interpersonal communication
- Teaching skills
- Clinical performance
- Professional development
Didactics
Courses and Trainings
- Diagnosis and management of breast disease
- Emergency medicine
- Evidence-based medicine
- Fetal care
- Grand Rounds
- Gynecology
- Gynecologic oncology
- Gynecologic pathology
- High-risk obstetrics
- Journal clubs
- Maternal-fetal medicine
- Minimally invasive surgery
- Neonatal intensive care and resuscitation
- Perinatal mortality
- Primary care
- Reproductive endocrinology and infertility
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sleep deprivation
- Urogynecology
Labs
- Animal lab cystoscopy/laparoscopy/ablative techniques
- Cadaver labs
- Simulation labs
Meetings and Conferences
- Maternal-fetal medicine fellow conference
- Mortality and morbidity conferences
- OB-GYN Society meeting
- Pre-op conferences
- Quality improvement multidisciplinary meetings
- Resident research symposium
- Ultrasound/genetics conferences