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The ObGyn residency program at the University of Kansas School of Medicine is a fully accredited three year residency program which has five residents at each level. Approximately 85% of our graduates practice the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynecology, either in private or academic settings. The other 15% of our graduates have become subspecialists. Subspecialty training locations for Maternal Fetal Medicine include Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, University of California at Long Beach, and Washington University, University of Connecticut, Southwestern, and University of Illinois. In Reproductive Endocrinology, the training locations have been Yale University, Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt, and the University of Texas at Houston, Washington University, Mayo Clinic and Harvard. For Gyn Oncology, the training location has been the MD Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute in Houston. For Ob-Gyn Infectious Disease, the location is Baylor college of Medicine, Houston, Texas. This residency program stresses collegial interaction with the staff. One of its strengths is the number of clinical experiences and cases in which residents may participate. The main objective of this program is education and resident development. Obstetrical and gynecologic procedures are available in excellent quantity to provide a wide and varied procedural experience.
Primary care continuity requirements are already in place and have been functioning for the last several years. Indeed, our program has had a history of continuity clinics, in which residents follow specific patients throughout their whole residency, for greater than 25 years. Resident selection is based on individual ability, the ability to interact with patients and staff on a personal level, and educational accomplishments. A research project is required of each resident during the course of the residency program. Most residents choose to work on an ongoing project. The projects themselves are prospective and the resident is expected to participate fully in the research effort. Resident evaluations are based on the CREOG (Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology) training examination, departmental examinations, evaluations by the staff and hospital personnel, and evaluations by the Chairman. Formal interactions and evaluations are scheduled throughout the year. The organization of the residency program focuses the first year on primary care and obstetrics, the second year is primarily ambulatory primary care and gyn surgery, the third year is subspecialty clinics including Maternal Fetal Medicine, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Gynecologic Oncology. The fourth year is devoted to a chief resident year in which the resident is in charge of a group of patients in either the clinic setting or one of the outpatient ambulatory clinical settings. During this year, the resident is able to function in the capacity of an obstetrician gynecologist. The resident is supported by both the nurse clinicians and the junior residents that are handling the patients on that team. It is during this year that we expect the resident to function in a supervisory capacity. Teaching of residents and medical students is required of all residents in the program. Our program has had an excellent history of accomplishing board certification with virtually all individuals who are eligible to be board certified attaining that credential. Resident salaries are as follows (2004-2005):
Medical and malpractice insurance are provided. Vacation time is three weeks for all residents. One week per year plus time for meeting participation is allowed as educational leave. There is a night float system at all levels. Moonlighting is permitted in the second, third, and fourth year if a resident is meeting proper academic standards, as set forth by the Chairman and Program Director. Moonlighting must be approved by the department prospectively. Obstetrics and Gynecology is like no other medical specialty. It blends the cognitive skills of Internal Medicine with the challenges of Surgery. It allows for the subspecialty areas to blend with primary care skills to allow the physician to care for the complete patient. Our residency program in Ob/Gyn integrates education in the specialty with the service needed to develop and refine clinical and interpersonal skills. It also presents the opportunity to actively participate in state of the art clinical and biochemical research. We prepare residents for private practice, academic pursuits, or subspecialty training. For more information about Resident Salaries and Benefits visit the WCGME Web page. |
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