Teaching rounds with faculty are scheduled several times per week. Teaching faculty admit patients to the unit with the patients understanding that residents are principally responsible for the unit. A team of three residents, assigned to the Maternal Health Clinic, provide prenatal, delivery and postpartum care, as well as newborn care. Each resident performs approximately 50 deliveries and provides both high-risk and uncomplicated care. Teaching rounds and chart rounds are conducted daily with faculty pediatricians.
Residents spend time in the out-patient clinic, and serve as the baby doctor for cesarean sections.
Residents are exposed to a variety of cases and procedures during this rotation. Electives are offered in almost all fields of medicine. Sharpening skills in procedural areas of interest or practice management are available during elective rotation. Rural care opportunities are abundant at rural health clinic training sites within a short drive of Terre Haute. During the first year, each resident is assigned 50 to 75 families and spends one-half day per week in the Family Practice Center caring for all of their medical needs, including obstetrics.