Learning Activities

During the third year of the MD Program curriculum, medical students at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison will complete a rotation with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Students will participate in the following learning activities.

Lectures

At each location, you will participate in scheduled lectures and other didactic activities on a weekly basis. New for 2011-12 is a Humanistic session that will be offered across all sites via videoconference the third Friday of the rotation. In addition, the following lectures are available online through the IME Video Library:

• The Menstrual Cycle and Abnormalities
• Female Incontinence
• Menopause
• PCOS and its Implications on Female Reproductive Health
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Prenatal Care
• First Trimester Bleeding
• Evidence-based Fertility for Medical Students
• Contraception 101
• Breast Cancer Review
• Ectopic Pregnancy
• Update on Management of Abnormal Cervical Cytology and Histology

Recommended Text

Obstetrics and Gynecology, Charles RB Beckmann, Frank W. Ling, Barbara M. Barzansky, William NP Herbert, Douglas W. Laube, Roger P. Smith. (6th ed, 2009), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Clinical Didactics

Obstetrics

• Prenatal care, labor and delivery
• Preterm labor
• Preeclampsia
• Gestational diabetes
• Third-trimester bleeding
• Shoulder dystocia and PP hemorrhage
• Ectopic pregnancy

Gynecology

• Pap smear and cervical dysplasia
• Contraception
• Menopause
• Adnexal mass
• STDs/PID