The residency curriculum is a 2-year, dynamic curriculum that covers many aspects of obstetrics and gynecology, in addition to how to be a physician in the 21st Century. It covers the humanistic side of medicine, the practical side of medicine, and the business side of medicine. We deliver our education using active learning techniques. Our curriculum covers Obstetrics, Benign Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, Maternal Fetal medicine, and some general Medicine. We cover other sub-specialty topics, including Minimally Invasive Gynecology, Reproductive Endocrinology, and Infertility, Female Pelvic Medicine and Reproductive Surgery, Complex Family Planning, Ultrasound, and Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Protected Educational and Personal Time
We have protected education time from 9:00 am –12:00 am every Wednesday morning after our Department Grand Rounds.
Wellness Wednesdays occur 4-5 times per year on the 5th Wednesday of the month during this didactics time, allowing residents to schedule personal appointments and attend to other wellness needs.
Longitudinal Curriculum
This curriculum covers many aspects of medicine, including Journal Club, wellness/support, surgical skills, diversity, equity, inclusion and advocacy, and medical education. We aim to develop you into the physician of tomorrow with didactics in professional development, practice management, the business of medicine, and patient safety and quality improvement.
Our Surgical Skills Curriculum has both simulations and lectures, covering both gynecology and obstetrics. The curriculum ends with a fun Laparoscopic Olympics to assess your laparoscopic skillset in a fun, competitive atmosphere. This curriculum is multidisciplinary with many different attendings’ participating in these sessions. Residents will be prepped to pass EMIGS by the end of their second year.
We have a Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Advocacy Curriculum that has 2 components, a formal lecture series in our Departmental Professional Development Series and a resident-developed curriculum that includes evening and weekend activities that promote understanding of the populations we treat. This grassroots program is driven by residents based on their needs. We had a letter-writing campaign, a panel regarding the refugee experience, a Gay Liberation Walking Tour, and much more!
Teaching and Mentoring
Our residents and faculty have a wide range of backgrounds and interests. We all, however, share an enthusiasm for teaching our skills to others. We expect all residents to contribute to the education of their fellow residents and medical students. To support that environment, our Resident Professional Development series addresses teaching, interactive presentations, how to help a struggling learner, and much more! We have one resident per year participate in the Washington University Teaching Physician Pathway and have faculty inducted into the Academy of Educators.
We award one Outstanding Chief Resident Teacher annually with a monetary gift and residents can recognize faculty and fellows at our June graduation banquet. A desire to contribute to the education experience is a prerequisite to an appointment as a resident.
Residents will be assigned to a mentor family upon joining the program. Each family consists of one resident per year of training, in addition to 2-3 faculty members. Mentor families are encouraged to meet quarterly, engaging in activities including but not limited to escape rooms, candle making, group dinners, potlucks, and more.
Resident Committees
We want to have residents actively involved in their educational experience, thus we have different committees to help with resident input in their learning environments. Our Clinic Committee manages the environment of the residents’ own continuity and subspecialty clinics in the Center for Outpatient Health. Our Education Committee helps us to tailor the residency curriculum with a subset of that committee that creates wellness activities to support our resident’s overall environment. Our DEIA Committee helps with creating didactic topics and off-service events to understand our communities. Our Application Committee allows us to perform (w)holistic review of all our residency applicants and actively engages residents in the application process!
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Board Preparation
Our residency program preps you for your written and oral boards throughout your training. We have opportunities for your board preparation with our Benign Gynecology Pathology and Indications Conferences on Green Team, labor board sign-out in the mornings and evenings, monthly M&M conferences, Gynecologic Oncology Tumor Board, and MIGS Conferences. We offer residency preparation materials, including CREOG tests for the chiefs, a TrueLearn subscription, Kahoot learning platform, and Prologue access. Lastly, former residents can have their Case Lists reviewed by our faculty and participate in Mock Oral Boards after graduation. We hope to integrate ABOG-like material throughout your 4 years in residency so that it becomes second nature to you!
Application process
Medical school graduates can enter the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program immediately after graduation, applying through ResidencyCAS.