Women’s and Child’s Health Block
Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship Course Description
http://www.medsch.ucla.edu/Angel
(OG 011, OG 012, OG 013, OG 015)
The six‑week clinical clerkship in Obstetrics and Gynecology is offered at four teaching hospitals: UCLA Center for the Health Sciences, Cedars‑Sinai Medical Center, Harbor‑UCLA Medical Center, and the Olive View-UCLA Medical Center.
The objective of the clerkship is to acquaint the student with the varied aspects of the medical care for women, with emphasis on acquiring the basic skills of gynecologic and obstetrical history taking and physical examination, participating and assuming responsibility in the evaluation and care of outpatients and inpatients, and acquiring practical experience in the operating and delivery room areas with close supervision by the staff.
Formal and informal daily teaching sessions and rounds with the faculty and resident staff are an integral part of the six‑week experience. The Problem Based Learning System is used with daily sessions at the Center for Health Sciences and at least twice weekly sessions held at the other teaching hospitals. Those sessions are constructed so as to cover the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology Care objectives under the guidance of faculty preceptors. Students are on call no more than every fourth night. The criteria used in determining the final grade are the ward evaluation and the written examination. You must pass both components in order to pass the clerkship. All students are expected to attain a passing score on the National Board of Medical Examiners shelf exam in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Students must achieve a score at the 11th percentile of students taking this examination nationwide to pass the shelf exam. Students must enter their patient encounters in their PDA Patient Logs in order to pass the clerkship. Students must conduct an H&P under the supervision of a faculty or senior resident and provide an assessment and management plan. The requirement may be completed in either the inpatient or outpatient portions of the clerkship. Students must turn in a completed clinical encounter checklist card at the end of the clerkship to their student coordinator. Failure to meet this requirement will result in a grade of Incomplete. Students are expected to complete weekly self-assessments on ANGEL, each composed of 10 questions. Failure to complete all the self-assessments by the end of the clerkship will result in a grade of Incomplete.
CRITERIA FOR LETTERS OF DISTINCTION IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY
85th percentile or above on the written examination and judged to have truly exemplary clinical activities.
Course Chair: |
Andrea Rapkin, M.D. |
Coordinator: |
Wayne Hasby |
OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY ORIENTATION |
CLERKSHIP CONTACTS
Hospital Site |
Site Director |
Student Coordinator |
Center for Health Sciences CHS (OG011) |
Michael Lu , M.D. |
Wayne Hasby |
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center CS (OG012) |
Dotun Ogunyemi, M.D. |
Yanick Calhoun |
HARBOR-UCLA Medical Center HARBOR (OG013) |
Anita Nelson, M.D. |
Cynthia Varela |
Olive View Medical Center OVH (OG015) |
Paul Buzad, M.D. |
Jonna Meloni |