Obstetrics & Gynecology

Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkships Oakland

The GYN sub-internship is primarily an in-patient clinical experience. There is in-depth exposure to benign operative gynecology, minimally invasive gynecologic surgery, urogynecology, and acute care gynecology (including Emergency Department consultations). The sub-intern will be an integral part of the gynecologic surgery team, responsible for performing patient evaluations, making pre-and post-operative rounds, and scrubbing on gynecological surgical cases – all under the close supervision of the faculty and residents on the gynecologic surgery team.  The sub-interns will also work with third-year medical students from UCSF who rotate in Oakland for their Ob/Gyn clerkship.

Our sub-internship is designed for students who have already completed a basic core Ob/Gyn rotation. The GYN sub-internship is roughly 4 weeks long. Due to the holidays and student interviews for residency, each month varies slightly. We are aware that student schedules may be on different tracks and the start date may have a small amount of flexibility.

Each sub-intern will have hospital duties from Monday through Friday. There will be no required night call or weekend responsibility.  Attendance at protected residency-wide didactics on Tuesday mornings, departmental Grand Rounds on Thursday mornings, and gynecologic surgery team teaching rounds is expected.  At the end of the clinical clerkship, the student will be expected to make a 30-minute presentation on a gynecologic topic of their choice at a small group lunch meeting to select faculty and residents. The Chief Resident for the Gynecology Service will be responsible for the students’ daily assignments. Dr. Eve Zaritsky is the faculty director for the sub-internship. She provides faculty mentorship and is responsible for the rotation evaluation.

After an applicant has been approved by the Obstetrics/Gynecology Assistant Program Director (APD) and all required documents have been received (i.e., application, immunization record sheet, and transcript), the APD/GME office notifies the student and confirms the elective. The student will then receive the remaining documents prior to his/her first day of the sub-internship with instructions.

Liability, health insurance, and housing arrangements are the student’s responsibility. We expect committed students who are applying for an obstetrics and gynecology residency.

Our Goals for your sub-internship

• For the sub-intern to get to know more about our program, our community, and our learning environment.
• For the sub-intern to demonstrate their medical knowledge, teamwork, communication, and learning style.
• For the sub–intern to learn from our dedicated teachers including our residents, physician and midwife faculty, nurses, scrub techs, and UCSF medical students – our entire team.

PLEASE NOTE:

• No clerkships will be scheduled for February, March, April, May, and June of each academic year.
• All sub-interns will be granted an interview.
• All cancellations must be made more than 2 months prior to the scheduled start date to allow us to offer the opportunity to another applicant.

The application process will begin March 2024.

When applying for a clerkship at Kaiser Oakland’s OB/GYN program, interested medical students should complete and submit the clerkship application through VSLO.

For general information and frequently asked questions, please see General Policies and Information.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkships San Francisco

The Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology in San Francisco offers two sub-internships for fourth-year medical students in Gynecology and High-Risk Obstetrics. Rotations are usually based on a calendar month, though some flexibility may be permitted to align with individual medical school blocks.

Each sub-internship provides well-rounded clinical experience for fourth-year students with close faculty and resident interaction. The student will see a wide variety of clinical problems and participate in the active teaching program. The sub-interns will also work with third-year medical students from UCSF who rotate in San Francisco for their Ob/Gyn clerkship.

High Risk OB Sub-Internship

The High-Risk OB sub-internship combines both outpatient and inpatient experiences. Students will have an intensive exposure to the care of complicated in-patient antepartum patients, as well as out-patient high risk obstetrics. The sub-intern will work as a member of the Ob Service in providing care to the busy antepartum service, including daily clinical and teaching rounds with the resident team and MFM on service. The sub-intern will also have significant time with the MFM faculty in the ambulatory setting: attending high risk obstetric clinics, including diabetes clinic; prenatal diagnostic clinics, including invasive procedures; genetic counseling; and ultrasound clinics for targeted anatomy imaging.

Each student will have hospital duties from Monday through Friday. There will be no required night call or weekend responsibility.

At the end of the clinical clerkship, the student will be expected to make a 50-minute presentation on an obstetric topic of their choice at a small group lunch meeting to select faculty and residents. Attendance to protected resident teaching and all gynecologic resident teaching rounds and conferences is expected. The MFM on service and the Chief Resident for the Obstetrical Service will be responsible for the student’s daily assignments. Dr. Kirsten Salmeen is the faculty director for the sub-internship, she provides faculty mentorship and is responsible for the rotational evaluation.

GYN Sub-Internship

The GYN sub-internship is primarily an in-patient clinical experience. There is in-depth exposure to gyn-oncology, urogynecology, benign operative gynecology, and acute care gynecology (through Emergency Department consultations). The sub-intern will be an integral part of the Benign Gynecology and Gyn-Oncology Teams, responsible for performing patient work ups, making pre-and post-operative rounds, and scrubbing on gynecological surgical cases – all under the close supervision of the faculty, fellows and senior residents on the Gynecologic Services.

Each student will have hospital duties from Monday through Friday. There will be no required night call or weekend responsibility.

At the end of the clinical clerkship, the student will be expected to make a 50-minute presentation on a gynecologic topic of their choice at a small group lunch meeting to select faculty and residents. Attendance to protected resident teaching and all gynecologic resident teaching rounds and conferences is expected. The Chief Resident for the Gynecology Service will be responsible for the student’s daily assignments. Dr. Erica Weiss is the faculty director for the sub-internship. She provides faculty mentorship and is responsible for the rotational evaluation.

Applications

Applications will be reviewed only after all required documents have been submitted (i.e., application, immunization record sheet, transcript, and Boards score). After an applicant has been approved, the Medical Education Office will notify the student and confirm the sub-internship dates. The student will receive the remaining documents prior to their first day of the clerkship.

Liability, health insurance, and housing arrangements, are the student’s responsibilities. Lunches are provided on weekdays. All cancellations must be more than 2 months prior to the scheduled start date.

Obstetrics & Gynecology Clerkship Santa Clara

Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center is a major teaching hospital for rotating Stanford medical students. In addition to providing a core Ob/Gyn clerkship, we also offer an organized curriculum for training senior medical students in Obstetrics and Gynecology. There will be two positions available in General Ob/Gyn per clerkship period.

Clerkship periods are 4 weeks long. The schedule is designed for students who have already completed a basic core Ob/Gyn clerkship. Care is taken to maximally expose the student to all areas of Ob/Gyn and all interesting patients present during the clerkship. A schedule will be given to the Acting Intern on the first day of the rotation. Every effort will be made to accommodate special requests. The Acting Intern is expected to take 3 overnight calls, including one weekend day, and is excused after Teaching Rounds the next day.

The Acting Intern will be given increasing levels of responsibility as competence is demonstrated. The ultimate responsibility for patient care remains with the residents and attending physicians. It is the Acting Intern’s responsibility to actively read about specific patient conditions and to make sure that all notes are co-signed by a resident or attending physician.

The Acting Intern will attend Thursday morning didactic sessions, including the 7:30am resident case presentation. All clinical responsibilities will be excused during this time period.

We are an enthusiastic group, committed to teaching and learning in a friendly and supportive environment. We look forward to having you as a member of our Department.

 General Ob/Gyn Acting Internship

1. Gynecology – 2 weeks
   The Acting Intern will be an integral member of the Gyn team, and will be exposed to pre-operative evaluation, intra-operative management, and post-operative care. The Chief Resident will assign topics for presentation at rounds and surgical cases, including benign and oncology cases. Daily notes on all patients which the Acting Intern was involved need to be completed and presented to the resident before 7:30am Teaching Rounds.
2. Obstetrics – 2 weeks
   The Acting Intern, along with the OB team Intern, and other rotating Stanford medical students are responsible for all seeing normal postpartum patients each morning before 8am, with supervision of the TDOC (Teaching Attending). In addition, depending on the Acting Intern interest, the Chief Resident will assign high-risk patients to be seen with the Chief Resident. Daily Teaching Round with the perinatologist begins at 8am, during which all antenatal and other high-risk patients are discussed and obstetrical topics are presented.

During the 4-week clerkship, you will also be assigned to ambulatory clinics with the residents as well as attending physicians.

PLEASE NOTE:

• No clerkships will be scheduled for the months of February, March, April, May and June each academic year.
• Applications must be submitted no less than four weeks prior to requested start date. No changes within four weeks before your scheduled start date.