The Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Program at The George Washington
University Medical Center is directed by Nancy D. Gaba MD, an Associate Professor and 1997 graduate of the Residency Program. The Assistant Residency Program Director is Dr. Jennifer Keller, a 2007 graduate. Drs Gaba and Keller work closely with Dr. John Larsen (etc) to ensure a departmental focus on resident education.
The program has an integrated format with its affiliates, INOVA Fairfax
Hospital in Fairfax, Virginia and Holy Cross Hospital, Silver Spring,
Maryland. The Program has been and continues to be fully accredited since
1949 by the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME). The most recent accreditation was January 2006.
Candidates for the OBG 1 positions (interns) are selected through the
National Matching Residency Program (NRMP) each March. Candidates for the
annual Match interview on campus with faculty and residents and meet
current residents during their visit. Residents are
selected for their preparedness, ability, aptitude, academic credentials, communication
skills and such personal qualities as integrity, motivation, stability and
a proven dedication to patient-care.
The residents' rotations are structured to provide increasing levels of
activity, responsibility, and authority during their training; while, at
the same time, maintaining an appropriate level of supervision by the
chief residents and attending physicians. Specific rotations include
internal medicine, geriatrics, emergency medicine, general obstetrics,
gynecology, gynecologic oncology, perinatology, endocrinology and fertility, and
ultra-sonography. Faculty members are certified in the
following subspecialties:
Ambulatory care clinics and patients' surgeries occur through the week.
Residents, supervised by an attending physician, take call at all 3
institutions every 4th to 3rd night.
Grand Rounds are held weekly at GWUMC, INOVA
Fairfax, and Holy Cross Hospitals. Recent topics presented by distinguished visiting professors
include general and high-risk obstetrics, endocrinology and fertility,
gynecologic oncology, ethics and the latest advances in surgical
techniques and ultrasound. Morbidity and mortality conferences are held
monthly at GWUMC. Resident School Sessions held every other week. Resident school allows dedicated teaching time. It features a curriculum designed for adult learners. Many sessions are devoted to hands-on workshops where residents work in small groups with the faculty. On Friday afternoons when school is not in session, residents are expected to work on professional developmemt. This includes completion of carefully selected self-study assignments, case logs, medical records and personal business. Additional teaching conferences, including antepartum, oncology, & gynecology conferences, are held on the 3 campuses throughout the week.
OBG IIIs, working with an assigned visiting professor and attending
physician, prepare a research thesis and present the paper as a Resident Grand Rounds Conference.
The faculty evaluates the residents; and, the residents evaluate the
faculty, as well as the clinical and didactic programs. Residents are evaluated semi-annually by the Program Director and Assistant Program Director. Each January, residents take the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology In-Training
Examination (CREOG). Later, graduates are expected to become Board
Certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG).
At graduation, each resident will have had the complete
management of approximately:
390 Spontaneous Deliveries
30 Forceps Deliveries
12 Vaginal Births after Cesarean Section
120 Abdominal Hysterectomies
82 Laparotomy without Hysterectomy
90 Laparoscopic Surgeries