Curriculum
In addition to its own hospital, the Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency also operates at three other nearby locations:
- Ascension Saint Mary - Chicago
- Thorek Memorial Hospital
- Weiss Memorial Hospital
Clinical experience
| PGY-1 | |
| Obstetrics | 4 months |
| Gynecology | 4 months |
| OB/Ultrasound | 1 month |
| OB/Research | 1 month |
| Family Medicine | 2 months |
| PGY-2 | |
| Obstetrics | 5 months |
| Gynecology | 3 months |
| Gynecologic Oncology | 2 months |
| Emergency Medicine | 1 month |
| Outpatient Clinic | 1 month |
| PGY-3 | |
| Obstetrics | 4 months |
| Gynecology | 4 months |
| Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility | 1 month |
| Gynecology Research | 1 month |
| Gynecology Outpatient | 1 month |
| Urogynecology | 1 month |
| PGY-4 | |
| Obstetrics | 4 months |
| Gynecology | 4 months |
| Gynecologic Oncology | 4 months |
Our curriculum offers electives during your second and/or third year of training to give you an opportunity to tailor their learning experience. The Ascension Saint Joseph - Chicago Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency offers a true continuity clinic experience where each resident has their own patients, as well as their own continuity clinic one half-day per week.
Didactic experience
Monday morning each week consists of lectures, journal club, visiting faculty lectures, maternal morbidity and mortality conferences, strip review and other didactics. We also have dedicated time for simulations, drills and surgical skills training.
Residents get time off to take their CREOG exam and board exams.
Residents are required to complete their certificate in Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery by the end of their PGY-2 year and are provided with all the resources to practice and master these necessary skills. As residents, we also have access to a da Vinci® robotic simulator, which we may use to develop our robotic-assisted surgery skills.
- Monthly lecture topics include:
- Obstetrics M&M
- Gynecology M&M
- Gynecology Oncology M&M (quarterly)
- Cesarean Section/Strip Review
- Journal Club
- Research Rounds
- Neonatology Rounds
- Other sample topics Include:
- Pathology Rounds
- MFM rounds
- Gynecology Rounds
- Family Planning
- Billing and Coding
- REI
- Urogynecology
- Financial Planning
- Floor drills including:
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Shoulder Dystocia
- Hypertensive Emergency
- Code Blue
- Skills labs including:
- Perineal Repairs
- Operative Deliveries
- Intern Orientation Highlights
- Hysteroscopy Labs