| Course Number: OBG402
Offered by:
Sue K. Sayegh, 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 |
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Report First Day: Maternal-Fetal Medicine Office at Hofheimer
Hall, third floor |
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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. |
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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. |
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Evaluation: 35% oral exam/case presentation; 65% clinical
observation |
