EVMS Dept. of Ob-Gyn 4th Year Clerkship: High-Risk Obstetrics

Fourth-Year Medical Student Clerkships:

Course Number: OBG402

Offered by:
Khaled Sakhel, M.D.
Department of ObGyn
Hofheimer Hall, Third Floor
Norfolk, VA 23507
(757) 446-7900
Location: SNGH, Hofheimer Hall
Periods Offered: July-May
Duration: 4 weeks
Number of Students: 2
Student Level: Year 4
Night Call: Yes
Prerequisite: Senior Student

Report First Day: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Office at Hofheimer Hall, third floor

On the Maternal-Fetal Medicine service with Dr. Bonnie Dattel (left).

Course Description: The student will participate in the care of the high-risk obstetrical patient, working directly with the faculty members of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the residents on the Academic Obstetrics Service at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. In-patient care is stressed. However, the student will attend patients at a weekly high-risk clinic and participate in outpatient genetic counseling and amniocentesis. At the completion of the elective, the student should have an understanding of the approach to diagnosis (including special laboratory and ultrasound) and decision-making in complicated obstetrics.

Distribution of Student’s Effort: Patient Contact: 80% Inpatient; 20% Outpatient; 6 hrs/wk rounds; 5 hrs/wk conferences; 10 hrs/wk study/reading time; 6 hrs/wk faculty contact time

Objectives:
1. To become familiar with the terminology, diagnostic tests and management procedures as applied to the common complications of pregnancy:
a. pre-term labor
b. premature rupture of membranes
c. hypertensive disease
d. diabetes in pregnancy
2. To become familiar with and have hands-on experience with a portable real-time ultrasound unit as used in obstetrics.
3. To attend patients in a high-risk clinic and present their cases at conference.

Evaluation: 35% oral exam/case presentation; 65% clinical observation

Last Updated on Monday, 31 January 2011 09:28

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