Curriculum

Rotations in Obstetrics take place during all four years of residency. The Obstetrics team consists of four residents, one at each level, as well as a PGY-1 Family Medicine resident. Teaching rounds are conducted daily. One faculty member serves as the “attending of the day” and there is an MFM “attending of the week” to assist the residents in managing the high-risk obstetrics service. We have over 1800 deliveries per year, with an excellent mix of low-risk and complicated patients. Our high-risk patients are followed in four busy high-risk obstetrics clinics each week. We receive approximately 200 maternal transfers per year from a large region, further augmenting the experience in high-risk obstetrics. Our L&D unit features 10 LDRP’s with central fetal monitoring, 2 newly-renovated operating rooms, a recovery room, and additional antepartum and post-partum rooms are located adjacent to L&D. The nursing staff is outstanding and there is 24-hour anesthesia coverage.

Benign Gynecology

Resident education in benign gynecology takes place during all four years. Ambulatory education in gynecology occurs in one’s own continuity clinics, during clinic blocks, during the Colposcopy blocks in the second year, and during rotation-specific clinics. Surgical experience is gained on rotations in Gynecology, Reproductive Medicine and Surgery, and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery, spread throughout years 2-4. Progressive responsibility is the norm, with each resident assuming a greater role in surgeries as he or she progresses through training. The surgical volume is excellent as is the variety. To augment the experience in benign gynecologic surgery and allow further independence, each resident spends two blocks during the third year at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg; this rotation has proven quite valuable since it became part of our program, over a dozen years ago.

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Gynecologic Oncology

A comprehensive experience in gynecologic oncology has long been one of the strengths of our program. The recent addition of a fellowship in gynecologic oncology has served to further strengthen education in this area. In fact, while we have had residency graduates go on to fellowships in all subspecialties, the majority who have done so have chosen gynecologic oncology and have matched to the finest programs. Ambulatory and inpatient care are all part of the rotations in gynecologic oncology, which occur through all four years. All residents who finish our program, regardless of their type of future practice, leave with excellent skills in pelvic surgery and in the management of intraoperative and postoperative problems.

Primary Care

We provide our residents with a sound education in the primary care of women. A strong didactic program is at the core of this experience. The majority of one’s primary care education occurs during continuity clinics. Each resident begins his or her continuity clinic during the first year, and has at least one half-day of clinic each week for all four years. These take place in the Primary Care Center located at the University of Virginia Medical Center. Each class is assigned a primary nurse who will work with them for all four years, allowing the development of a close working relationship as well as a friendship. Attending physician supervision is present in clinic during all sessions. Ideally, each resident will see a combination of new and established patients, both obstetric and gynecologic, in their panel of patients, and see their patients through problems, surgeries, and pregnancies.

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University of Virginia Health System

OB/Gyn Residency Curriculum

Didactic Lectures