Site information
Whitney Horner, MD
Faculty Contact
UW Medical Center--Northwest
Credentialing
Please contact the clerkship administrator at obclerk@uw.edu for more information and permission to take the course.
overview
One student/section.
Provides a four-week elective in specialty areas of Gynecology and specifically Urogynecology. Students will see and evaluate patients in both the outpatient and inpatient setting at UW Northwest Hospital campus. Students will follow patients to the operating room and fully participate in their hospital care. Students will consult on inpatients and Emergency Room visits. This sub-internship is designed to expose interested students to the breadth and depth of benign gynecology subspecialty areas, the faculty of UW and the UW Department of Ob/Gyn Residency Program.
Students can sign up for two optional L&D weekend call shifts during this course.
course objectives
- The student will understand basic components of the evaluation, counseling, and management of women with benign gynecologic conditions including: pelvic organ prolapse, fecal & urinary incontinence, urinary urgency, reproductive track fistulae,
- Students will acquire basic surgical skills and be exposed to complex surgical procedures in the operating room and simulation lab.
- The student will demonstrate skills in triage of multiple patients simultaneously, multi-tasking, and working with multi-disciplinary teams in the care of gynecologic patients.