Obstetrical Experiences
Our residency program offers robust, hands-on training in obstetrics, empowering residents to provide full-spectrum care for our clinic's patients from early prenatal visits through delivery and postpartum.
Beginning in their second year, our residents care for pregnant patients in their continuity clinic, providing full-spectrum obstetric care, from the initial prenatal visit to delivery, under the guidance of our Family Medicine Obstetrics board certified faculty. While on OB Call, residents triage and manage labor and perform deliveries for our continuity patients who present to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital’s Labor and Delivery unit. They also provide postpartum care to both mother and newborn during their hospital stay.
To prepare for this continuity experience, residents complete a dedicated four-week rotation on the labor and delivery unit at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital during their intern year. During this rotation, they work closely with OBGYN residents, fellows, and attendings, gaining hands-on experience in labor management, delivery, and postpartum care. Residents also receive structured obstetrics training during orientation and throughout residency via didactics that include both lectures and procedural workshops.
Residents gain additional experience through rotations in our Women’s Health Specialty Clinic, where they help manage a broad range of gynecologic and prenatal concerns in the outpatient setting. Elective time is also available for residents who wish to pursue further training in women’s health.
Each year, one resident serves as OB Chief, working alongside FM-OB faculty to coordinate OB Call, lead women’s health related teaching during didactics, along with many other roles to coordinate and optimize the high-level care we provide to our pregnant patients.
