Visiting OB Rotation

WFPC provides a 4-week, high volume obstetrics experience for visiting residents who meet approval criteria. Residents who are accepted into this program will participate in our program’s obstetrics rotation as one of three rotating residents, including our residents.

What you can expect to get out of this rotation:

• 20-30 deliveries including vaginal deliveries, and first or second assisting on c-sections

• Assessment of patients in OB triage

• Work with community obstetricians and family physicians, as well as residency faculty to provide labor and delivery care for their pregnant patients

• Opportunities for other OB-related procedures: placement of cervical ripening agents, fetal scalp electrode (FSE) and intrauterine pressure catheter (IUPC) placement, cervical ripening balloon placement, vacuum-assisted vaginal delivery, perineal laceration repair, tubal ligation assist

• Attendance at any WFPC residency lectures as your schedule permits.

Rotation requirements

• Approximately 9 calls, 24 hours each, on an every third day rotation schedule. Call day is from 6 am-6 am.

• When possible, we will arrange additional experiences on labor and delivery or in perinatology outpatient clinic

• Resident will be expected to manage patients on labor and delivery directly with that patient’s attending physician, and complete all required paperwork (history & physical, labor progress notes, delivery notes, postpartum notes).

Applicant requirements

• Third year resident in good standing in the upper half of their class.

• Approval from resident’s program director.

Interested in Applying?

Due to high interest, we have limited openings for each academic year. For more information or to inquire about an opening, email the Visiting Resident Program Coordinator, Brenda Bach (brenda.bach@phci.org).

Please note that we have filled all of our available openings for the July 2023 — June 2024 curriculum year.