Ob/Gyn Residency

Block Schedule

Rotation blocks are 4 weeks. First year OB rotation includes 1 week of nights and 3 weeks of days.

First Year Rotation Block Schedule

Block	Resident 1	Resident 2	Resident 3	Resident 4
1	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP	ONC
2	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP	ONC	GYN
3	OP	ONC	GYN	ON NF \| OB DAYS
4	ONC	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP
5	OP	OB NF \| OB DAYS	ONC	GYN
6	ONC	OP	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS
7	OB NF \| OB DAYS	ONC	OP	GYN
8	GYN	OP	ONC	OB NF \| OB DAYS
9	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	OP	ONC
10	OP	ONC	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN
11	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	ONC	OP
12	ONC	OP	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS
13	GYN	OB	OP	ONC

Second Year Rotation Block Schedule

Block	Resident 1	Resident 2	Resident 3	Resident 4
1	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP
2	OP	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN \| GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS
3	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN
4	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	OB NF \| OB DAYS
5	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP
6	OP	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS
7	GYN	OP	MFM	ONC
8	OB DAYS \| OB NF	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN
9	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS	MFM	OB DAYS \| OB NF
10	OB DAYS \| OB NF	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN
11	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS
12	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS	MFM
13	MFM	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS

Third Year Rotation Block Schedule

Block	Resident 1	Resident 2	Resident 3	Resident 4
1	MFM	ONC	OB DAYS \| OB NF	GYN
2	ONC	MFM	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF
3	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	ONC	MFM
4	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	MFM	ONC
5	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS	ONC	GYN
6	ONC	GYN	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS
7	MFM	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP	GYN
8	GYN	ONC	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP
9	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	GYN	ONC
10	OP	OB NF \| OB	ONC	GYN
11	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	GYN	ONC
12	GYN	ONC	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP
13	OP	GYN	ONC	OB NF \| OB DAYS

Fourth Year Rotation Block Schedule

Block	Resident 1	Resident 2	Resident 3	Resident 4
1	ONC	GYN	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP
2	OP	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	ONC
3	GYN	ONC	OP	OB NF \| OB DAYS
4	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	ONC	GYN
5	ONC	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP
6	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	ONC
7	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN	ONC	GYN
8	OP	ONC	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF
9	OB NF \| OB DAYS	OP	ONC	GYN
10	GYN	OB DAYS \| OB NF	OP	ONC
11	ONC	OP	OB NF \| OB DAYS	GYN
12	OB NF \| OB DAYS	ONC	GYN	OP
13	OP	GYN	ONC	OB NF \| OB DAYS

Didactics

On Friday mornings, MAHEC Ob/Gyn residents have protected time from to 9:00 am – 1:00 pm to support a flipped-classroom curriculum that meets CREOG objectives, is designed for adult learners, and augmented by simulation education.

Simulation Center

MAHEC's state-of-the-art Simulation Center offers three types of simulated learning via task trainers, virtual reality task trainers, and high-fidelity manikins to give residents realistic experiences in obstetrical emergencies, gynecologic surgeries, and patient interactions.

Clinical Services

Attendance is expected for:

Grand Rounds
Fetal Board
Tumor Board - Gyn Oncology
Journal Club

Obstetrics

Routine obstetrical services: low-risk patients from continuity clinics, prenatal patients from Buncombe and Madison counties, and patients seen in the attending clinics.

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Comprehensive high-risk obstetrical services for women in a 16-county region.

Regional Outreach Services

Management of antepartum complications and delivery for more than 480 high-risk patients that are transported each year from across our primarily rural and underserved region.

General Gynecology

Inpatient and outpatient surgical experiences for the diagnosis and treatment of benign gynecologic conditions including advanced operative laparoscopy.

Outpatient gynecology services provided through resident continuity clinics include:

health maintenance and preventive care for women
primary care
comprehensive office gynecology
urogynecology

Specialized Gynecology

Gynecology Oncology

Residents actively participate in the preoperative, operative, and postoperative management of patients with gynecologic malignancies on our busy gyn oncology service. Three gyn oncologists from Hope Women's Cancer Center serve as faculty attendings and actively participate in resident education.

Urogynecology

Residents receive extensive training in outpatient evaluation and operative management of patients with urinary and anal incontinence. They also have access to 2-channel urodynamics testing for patient evaluation at MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists. More extensive patient evaluation (video flourourodynamics testing, anorectal manometry, anorectal ultrasonography, defecography, and pudendal nerve testing) as well as assisting with advanced pelvic surgery is also available.

Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility

Complete evaluation and treatment of reproductive and endocrine disorders and therapeutic options for menopause are offered. Basic workup and treatment of infertility and endocrine problems are also addressed at MAHEC Ob/Gyn Specialists. Advanced therapies offered through the MAHEC REI division include a wide range of patient care. Residents participate in evaluation of endocrine disorders in women as well as advanced reproductive therapies.

Advocacy and Community Engagement

The MAHEC Ob/Gyn advocacy and community engagement curriculum comprises a longitudinal curriculum throughout residency as well as a more intensive elective block, if desired, devoted to advocacy activities. This curriculum is designed to provide residents the skills necessary to identify an area of advocacy in their community, develop an idea, and implement and evaluate advocacy activities at multiple levels: the individual patient, the community, and legislative policies.

The goals of the advocacy and community engagement curriculum include:

Develop a set of advocacy skills that can be applied in any community
Advocate for individual patients and families
Identify community resources and establish partnerships
Describe and participate in advocacy at the local, state, and/or national levels

Experiential Training in Clinical Research

Critical literature review of the Ob/Gyn literature with seminar and presentation in PGY1
Journal club held 6 times annually with an annual presentation by PGY2 residents
Clinical research projects (trials, prospective, or retrospective observational studies in PGY3 and 4)
Research didactics annually
Biomedical research ethics training in PGY2
Local, regional, and/or national presentation of research in PGY4

Research and Scholarly Activity