Residents are supervised in the provision of clinical care by faculty and private physicians who evaluate overall clinical competence and knowledge as well as professional attitudes and performance. The residents obtain experience in high-risk obstetrics by the previously described methods. The residents evaluate the patients and make recommendations. These recommendations are reviewed by the faculty perinatologist. Obstetric Anesthesia Full-time anesthesia coverage by obstetric anesthesiologists in the delivery room offers residents excellent training in this subspecialty.
Residents have a one-month rotation in obstetric anesthesia.
Operative Gynecology Surgical skills are obtained by participation in the preoperative, operative, and postoperative care of private and clinic gynecology patients admitted to the institution. Resident attitudinal development is assessed by the faculty and private physicians during the gynecology rotations. The Reproductive Endocrinology Division offers laboratory facilities and testing, such as the hamster egg penetration test to evaluate and diagnose gynecologic endocrinopathies. Microsurgical and laser treatments of pathologic conditions related to infertility are available. During this time, they have the opportunity to see and examine patients, to discuss specific cases with the respective faculty member, and to participate in patient evaluation and possible preoperative workup.