Course Description
This 4-week clerkship emphasizes health care for women of reproductive and postmenopausal ages. Students will rotate through three clinical segments, including outpatient services (emergency department, outpatient clinics and offices), obstetrics (labor and delivery suite), and gynecology (private service and university service). Daily schedules include teaching rounds, evaluation of outpatients, preparation of patients for surgery and assisting at surgery and deliveries, postoperative and postpartum care.
The objectives of the course are that students:
- adequately perform a thorough and organized menstrual, obstetric, gynecologic, contraceptive and sexual history.
- demonstrate competency in the performance of breast and pelvic exams.
- recognize the presentation and course of common diseases specific to women.
- demonstrate understanding of the physiologic changes of normal pregnancy.
The clerkship takes place at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC.
Educational Methods
- Inpatient patient care activities
- Outpatient patient care activities
- Workshops
- Lectures
- Structured readings
- Small group didactic sessions
- Conferences
- Grand Rounds
Evaluation
Evaluation of the clerkship is based on preceptor evaluations of clinical performance (50%); small group performance (25%); and a final exam consisting of multiple-choice, extended-matching, and short-answer questions (25%).
Grading: The clerkship is graded Honors, High Pass, Pass, Low Pass, Unsatisfactory.
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