Opportunities to assist in surgery with physicians in the community are also available. Students take in house calls on a rotating basis. This is the time when most opportunity to follow and deliver laboring patients exists. The typical student delivers five babies on the rotation, but several have delivered ten or more. A core series of 25 lectures is presented by the attending and resident staff.
Students also attend all lectures and conferences scheduled for the residents.
This results in an aggregate of at least 50 hours of formal lecture and conference time in each six week block. A short presentation on a subject of interest is required. Scheduled lectures, in general, take priority over ward work. Evaluation Grading follows the UVA OB-GYN department's format.