What is the curriculum of the fellowship?
The Fellowship consists of six months of intensive training in high risk and operative obstetrics and six months of electives. Fellows are encouraged to spend one elective month in a rural practice. The OB curriculum emphasizes the recognition, management and stabilization/transport of high-risk obstetrical patients. It also emphasizes the development of procedural skills including (but not limited to) forceps and vacuum assisted deliveries, operative obstetrics (C-sections), and sterilization procedures. The Elective curriculum consists of six-months (spread throughout year in one month increments). Elective rotations are available in almost any pediatric, medical, or surgical subspecialty and are tailored by the fellow in order to augment individual strengths, address weaknesses, or develop new skills. A list of electives taken by our past graduates is available for your review. One month of elective time can be spent at a rural practice site working closely with a successful rural f
