How do I get ready for labor and delivery?
Please watch the following videos.
Please read
Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7th ed. Chapter 4: Normal Labor and Delivery.
Know the stages of labor and be able to define the start and end of each.
- Dilation
- Expulsion
- Placental
Know the components of the cervical exam that go into the Bishop's score and be able to define each.
Dilation
Effacement
Station
Consistency
Position
Know the components of a fetal heart rate tracing and be able to define each.
Baseline
Variability
Accelerations
Decelerations
Electronic Fetal Monitoring Tracing Game. Can you recognize the strip elements?
How do I get ready for the operating room?
Scrubbing in the OR
The great Michigan scrub-off
How do I get ready for the Ob/Gyn ambulatory clinic?
Clinical correlation
Blueprints Obstetrics and Gynecology, 7th ed. Chapter 22: Abnormalities of the Menstrual Cycle.
- Know the definition of dysmenorrhea.
- What is the difference between primary and secondary dysmenorrhea?
- How is primary dysmenorrhea treated?
- What are causes of secondary dysmenorrhea?
- What is the definition of a normal menstrual cycle?
- What is the PALM-COIEN system of abnormal uterine bleeding?
- What are the defining features of heavy menstrual bleeding?
- How is abnormal uterine bleeding evaluated?
- What treatments are available for the various causes of abnormal uterine bleeding?
Prenatal care table
Helpful tips to succeed in care of the patient with Ob/Gyn needs
- If you’re not early, you’re late.
- “You should read up on/learn about . . . " really means “I will ask you questions about this topic next time we meet, so you must read about it to prepare.”
- Ask the magic questions (of your preceptor, nurses, medical assistants, etc.):
- What can I do to make your day better?
- What else can I help with?
- Ask early and often for directed feedback and assessment:
- “I’m working on improving my Gynecologic history/other WBA skill. Can you help me find a patient today where you could observe this and we could discuss my WBA on this afterward together?”
- “I know we haven’t had an appropriate patient for me to practice performing a supervised pelvic exam yet. Can you help identify an appropriate patient for this today so I can get feedback and improve?”
What are some downloadable resources that I can use?
- Ob-Gyn Notes
Includes:
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- Sample labor and delivery admit note
- Sample vaginal delivery note
- Sample operative note
- Sample post-partum note: Vaginal delivery
- Ob postpartum note: Cesarean delivery
- Sample gynecologic history and physical
- Sample new obstetrics presentation in the clinic/ambulatory setting
- Sample return obstetrics presentation in the clinic/ambulatory setting
- Sample labor and delivery triage presentation
- Sample labor and delivery admission presentation
- Sample inpatient postpartum patient presentation example
- New gynecology patient/gynecology consultation presentation
- Return gynecology patient to clinic/ambulatory setting
- Sample presentation of gynecology post-operative patient