Gynecology & Obstetrics TSCH (GYOB)

An elective tailored to individual student needs, making use of various facilities and resources available in the areas of ambulatory gynecology, family planning, high-risk obstetrics, teenage pregnancy, community gyn/ob, and office gynecology.

Student will spend an in-depth time with a specialist in reproductive endocrinology. Insight will be gained into the management of complex problems relating to reproductive endocrinology and infertility. Emphasis on outpatient management of endocrinological abnormalities in the female and male in relation to infertility. Physiological dynamics and concepts will be emphasized resulting in therapeutic modalities being applicable to these disease states. Lab, diagnostic and therapeutic facilities utilized.

Student will spend an in-depth time with a specialist in maternal fetal medicine. In particular, insight will be gained into the managment of high risk pregnancy. This will require advance knowledge in the medical and surgical complicatons of pregnancy and their effect in both the mother and the fetus. Also, expertise will be developed in the most current diagnostic and treatment modalities used in the care of patients with high risk pregnancies.

Prerequisites: OB/GYN Clerkship (OBGY 9210) This course is designed to teach pathophysiologic differences resulting in infections in women, understand the effects of infection on both mother and fetus, and understand how surgery affects the ability of microbial pathogen to infect.

Prerequisite: Approval of the head of the academic department at the College of Medicine-Tulsa; a statement from the course director of the proposed elective concerning the supervision and grading of the student's experience, and course description of the proposed elective are required. May be repeated; maximum credit 320 hours. Work not at the Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine-Tulsa, or in a formally affiliated hospital, nor under the direct supervision of a member of the full-time faculty of the College of Medicine.

Prerequisites: None. May be repeated with change of subject matter, maximum 320 clock hours. Topics of a special nature or of unusual interest to the individual student.