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Overview
 
Your Obstetrics and Gynecology experience will consist of eight weeks. This rotation is organized so that you will spend four weeks on the obstetric service and two weeks each on the gynecology service and the gynecologic oncology service. Your time will be divided between the wards, clinics, OR, L & D and didactic sessions. In addition to your inpatient experience, outpatient clinical care will be a part of your educational experience.  
Examinations  
   -- Written Exam  
   -- On the last Thursday of the rotation (unless otherwise scheduled) a National Board of Medical
 
       Examiners Clinical Exam will be given.
   -- Practical Exam
   -- The Objective Structured Clinical Examination        (OSCE) will be given on the last Friday of the        rotation (unless otherwise scheduled). This        exam assesses clinical skills you acquired        during the Obstetrics and Gynecology        Clerkship rotation
Instructional Materials
Textbooks
During your eight week clerkship the Department
 
of Obstetrics & Gynecology will provide you with the following reading material:  
  Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics Medical Student Educational Objectives
  Beckmann’s Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Comprehensive Gynecology
  Williams Obstetrics
 

ACOG Student Membership
 
Membership to the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology is REQUIRED of all students rotating through the Obstetrics and Gynecology Clerkship. Membership is complimentary; you will not be charged annual dues. You can sign up at www.acog.org.  

WebCT
 
All material needed for the clerkship is located on WebCT at https://courses.missouri.edu/. Two weeks before the start of your block, you will be given access to the OB/Gyn Clerkship material. Click on the WebCT link and use your pawprint (same user id and password you use to access your email) to log into the system. The course syllabus, case and lecture material, maps and helpful information can be found there. Please review this material and print the syllabus for use during orientation. Orientation is held the first Monday of the block at 8:00 a.m. at the Health Pavilion Conference Center at Columbia Regional Hospital.  
   
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