Curriculum: OB-GYN Residency Program

Second Year Clinical Curriculum (PGY2)

The curriculum is designed to strengthen your skills and knowledge, while giving you more autonomy. You will be spending three months in obstetrics, two months in maternal-fetal medicine, one month in ultrasound/outpatient maternal-fetal medicine, two months in gynecology, two months in gynecology oncology, one month in urogynecology and one month in reproductive endocrinology and infertility.

Third Year Clinical Curriculum (PGY3)

During the third year, residents will gain more mastery and leadership in the field. They will act as chief residents and represent the department in department-wide and hospital-wide quality improvement committees. The rotations include: two months of obstetrics, two months of maternal-fetal medicine, three months of gynecology, two months of gynecology oncology, one month of breast and adolescent gynecology and one elective month to explore subspecialty interests or a global health experience.

Fourth Year Curriculum (PGY4)

The chief resident is regarded as a junior attending physician. As such, the chief resident is given independence over the management of their patients and their team, which may include residents, nurses, midwives and medical students. The rotations include four months of obstetrics, two months of maternal-fetal medicine, two months of gynecology, two months of gynecology oncology, one month of urogynecology, and one month of ambulatory gynecology. Faculty is always available to provide support and assistance.

Ambulatory Clinic

Second year residents will perform their outpatient continuity care one half day a week in a fast paced private practice: Inova Medical Group Ballston. This practice will also welcome chief residents during their ambulatory month rotation. The private practice setting is a complement to the experience received at Inova Cares Clinic and allows residents to experience the full range of OB-GYN patients and their unique needs and challenges.

Continuity Clinic

Inova Fairfax Medical Campus OB-GYN residency training program offers a true continuity clinic experience where residents are identified as the primary care giver for the same group of patients throughout their residency. Residents perform a certain percentage of their continuity clinic deliveries themselves. Adherence to the 80 hr. work-week is required. Residents are encouraged to manage their own clinics as if they were in their own practice. Interns begin clinics in July of their PGY1 year.

The PGY4s, PGY3s and the PGY1s will have their once-a-week continuity clinic experience at the Inova OB Cares Clinic, located at 6400 Arlington Blvd, Falls Church VA 22046. The clinic offers in office procedures as well as subspecialty obstetrical and gynecological care. The patients will be managed by the residents who in addition to providing them with routine gynecological care, will also plan and perform their deliveries, gynecological surgeries, and referrals to subspecialties.

The PGY2s will have their once-a-week continuity clinic experience at the Inova Medical Group (IMG) OB-GYN practice located at Inova Medical Group Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1005 N. Glebe Rd, Suite 430, Arlington, VA 22201.