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Site Director
Kaiser Permanente-Capitol Hill Medical Center
200 15th Avenue E
Seattle, WA 98122
Fax: (206) 877-0649
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Overview
This course is an introductory experience in the provision of comprehensive medical care and counseling services to adult and adolescent female patients. Obstetrical conditions and gynecologic problems commonly encountered by the physician provide the primary focus. Students will have an initial orientation at the University of Washington, and their final exams will take place there as well. During their stay at Kaiser Permanente, they will be assigned four primary preceptors which they will work with primarily through the rotation – on Labor & Delivery, in clinic, and in operating room.
Kaiser Permanente is a unique experience in that students will have a great deal of autonomy but will also have the opportunity to spend most of their time working one – on one with an attending.
Onboarding
Students may apply to this clerkship here.
Orientation/Site Contact
Students will attend clerkship orientation at the University of Washington on the first day of rotation and will report to Kaiser Permanente Capitol Hill (2nd Floor of the Central North Building) at 1pm on the first day of the rotation with Dr. Piazza unless notified otherwise. Expect to receive an email from Dr. Piazza about 1 week before your clerkship starts, which will include site-specific orientation information, your clinical schedule with your primary preceptors, and contact information.
Clerkship director/site contact:
Adriana Piazza, MD
Email: Adriana.j.piazza@kp.org
Swedish Medical Center
Labor and Delivery was relocated to Swedish Medical Center in 2015. At Swedish, our in-house, OB Hospitalist model will remain unchanged.
Please expect email communication in your inbox from New Innovations to complete a Swedish Onboarding Checklist (check your spam/junk folder). If you have any questions or concerns, please email GMEonboarding@swedish.org.
Here is the Swedish parking application. Note that Swedish hospital parking is not free and you will be billed for on-site parking. If you are applying for parking, email the completed form to CaregiverCommute@Swedish.org.
Credentialing
Credentialing paperwork is due to Kaiser Permanente's Office of Medical Education no later than 3 weeks prior to the start of the rotation. Any credentialing question should be sent to the GME office.
- Application for Clinical Learning
- FWA Fact Sheet
- HIPAA Quick Reference
- Principles of Responsibility (contact KP GME office for this document)
We require the following vaccination records documenting and confirming students are current with their full set of immunizations – With immunization dates included:
- COVID-19 (2 shots, or as required by most recent KP Employee Health policy)
- MMR (Measles/Mumps/Rubella) vaccination (2 shots)
- Varicella (Chickenpox) vaccination (2 shots)
- Hepatitis B vaccination (3 shots)
- Tdap (Tetanus/Diphtheria/Pertussis) vaccination (1 shot)
- Tuberculosis Skin Test (TB) [negative] within the last 12 months prior to the start date of your upcoming clinical rotation
- Annual Influenza vaccination
For verification send immunization document to somcompl@uw.edu for a signature.
Clinical Faculty
We are twelve Board Certified Ob/Gyn physicians on staff at our site. Five of these physicians have an appointment with the University as Clinical Instructors. All of our staff physicians are dedicated to the teaching of students and residents.
Site Overview
While in the Ob/Gyn Clinic, students will be assigned to a staff physician, initially observing and then performing patient interviews, pelvic exams, office obstetrical care and pre-surgical work ups. Students will have the opportunity to be involved in gynecologic surgical procedures at the Kaiser Permanente's Outpatient Surgical Center. Effort will be made to assign each student to a limited number of physicians in the clinic to facilitate rapport and enable the physician to monitor student progress throughout the rotation.
While on the Labor & Delivery rotation, students will be assigned to the obstetrical staff physician on call. Depending on the total exposure of the student, and his/her ability, the student may be able to provide some deliveries. Students will attend morning ward rounds with the attending and the family practice residents. Students will also have the opportunity to observe the Antepartum testing unit, lactation consults with our Lactation Consultants and patient interviews with our Medical Social Workers.
Hospitals
Kaiser Permanente is the site of the out patient clinic, labor and delivery and outpatient surgery. Within the campus there is a full laboratory and pharmacy, radiology, urgent care, 24-hour inpatient care unit, and a large number of sub-specialty clinics. Location is at 200-15th Ave East in the Capital Hill Area. All Labor & Delivery will occur at Swedish Medical Center.
Didactics
Students should attend Wednesday morning didactics at UW, unless noted on their schedule. This can sometimes occur when assigned an OR or L&D shift on Wednesday. If so, we ask you to attend your clinical shift, and what recorded didactics after the fact.
Meals
The medical center does not provide meals. A variety of restaurants are close by. Microwave ovens and refrigerators are available for your use.
Parking
Parking is not provided at KP, but is at Swedish. Information will be included in correspondences from the Swedish GME Office.
Call & Pagers
You will be assigned in-house L&D shifts, generally with one of your primary preceptors. This will include some weekend day shifts. For now, students cannot take night call. If there is an active patient who is anticipated to deliver shortly after shift turnover, students are encouraged to stay for deliveries at the discretion of the student and attendings.
Pagers are not required for this rotation; however, students are expected to use their cell phones as they would a pager.
Evaluations
Students will be evaluated on their performance in surgery, delivery room, and the clinics. They will also be evaluated on their presentation and their work ups as well as by the final written examination at the University.