High yield resources and tips for your Ob/Gyn clerkship.

Youtube Playlist: http://bit.ly/pimped-ob

Books:

• Netters


• Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckmann

Apps:

• Pimped App – Clinical questions to expect in the OR and on the wards


• Uptodate


• Epocrates


• GoodRx


• LactMed – medications safe in breastfeeding


• ASCCP: Cervical cancer screening


• CDC STI guidelines


• ACOG app/website


• OB Wheel or dating

Tips and Tricks:

• Be Proactive—talk to students who just finished the rotation about ways to be helpful and the day to day logistics.


• Expectations: Ask for them to be set at the beginning. Clarify as needed.


• Be Self-sufficient, but ask for help when appropriate


• Before leaving for the day, ask when you should come in to round, who to pre-round on and where to meet.


• Once or twice a week ask for feedback when everyone has a down moment.

Labor and Delivery:

1. Gs & Ps aka Gravity and Parity.


2. Primes, multips


3. Gestational age Preterm vs term