At my institution, we have off-service interns from other departments, who rotate through our labor and delivery unit to learn about labor management. During the day, the OB intern is in charge of labor (including primary c-sections during the second part of the year), triage, and postpartum. The upper-level OB resident (PGY-3 or PGY-4) is in charge of the antepartum service, consults, repeat
» Read moreToday I had a truly special experience. I am finishing my eighth straight week on labor and delivery – six weeks of nights, and now I am finishing week two of six weeks of days. A certain very memorable patient ended up in triage at least once or twice a week. She had a lot of medical problems and there was
» Read moreSometimes, people ask me what it’s like to be an OB/GYN resident. Well, here is an idea of what a typical night shift looks like: half a dozen patient calls (mostly from people who are having round ligament pain, or who peed on themselves when they sneezed and now they think their water broke) three patients in triage with the complaints
» Read moreThe 2015 main residency match was an adventure. At my school at least, it was different from previous years. It was more competitive. People were matching farther down their rank lists, and a frightening number didn’t match at all. Why is this? I think it all comes down to numbers, and the “residency crunch” that my class has been
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