Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health

Residency Program

Rotations: Mercy Medical Center - Obstetrics

The team consists of a 1st year OB resident, first year Family Medicine, first Year ER, first or second Year night float, and a third year resident. The ER and Family Practice interns must check in with Dr. Pupkin and the senior resident on their first day.

Morning rounds with Dr Pupkin at 8am on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday are mandatory
Grand Rounds are held every Thursday 8am-9am are mandatory
Friday morning lectures from 7:30am to 12pm are mandatory.
Complete evaluations of medical students and faculty prior to the end of the rotation.

All First Year resident responsibilities (including ER and Family Medicine Residents):

First call to the labor and delivery suite and postpartum floor. Manage all normal-laboring patients on the suite under the guidance of the chief resident and attending. Document progress of patients every two hours
Triage as necessary when midwives are unavailable
Admit all laboring patients
All patients should be presented to an attending prior to disposition and document the discussions
Service patients should be discussed with the senior resident, and the in-house attending.
Participate in the management of high risk and antepartum patients.
Round on all postpartum patients by 8am
If being assisted by FP and ER residents, must see all complicated patients (including those with fever, pre-eclampsia, multiple medical problems, etc.)
Responsible for status of all patients on the service
Present all complicated postpartum patients to the attending at rounds at 8am
Perform circumcisions on all service patients under appropriate supervision
Participate in teaching and supervising students in obstetric care and procedures
Sign out the board and the postpartum service at 7pm
Dictate and complete charts on service patients
Weekend call at Mercy as first call

Third Year resident responsibilities:

Round on all patients on the antepartum floor by 8am
Present the antepartum patients at morning rounds on Monday through Wednesday
Supervise and assist first year residents with the care of obstetric patients throughout the day
Cover the OB-service during times when the first year residents are unavailable while in procedures suitable for their level
Direct and perform operative deliveries under attending supervision
Manage all antepartum patients on the floor throughout the day
Oversee care of high-risk patients on the board
Teach and instruct residents and students on obstetric care and procedures
Supervise and assign call schedule for FP and ER residents
Compile and present statistics at monthly OB/PEDS conference and pre sent complicated cases as selected by Dr. Pupkin and/or Dr. Sholes-Douglas
Sign out the board and the antepartum service to the on call senior resident at 5pm
Complete and dictate all assigned medical records (antepartum, service patients)
Weekend call at Mercy

This page was last updated on: June 6, 2008.