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Alright fam. So I am on my OBGYN rotation right now and I absolutely LOVE c-Secs. ABSOLUTELY love them. The problem is I am not a huge fan of anything else in the specialty. Gyn work/procedures are fine but nothing I want my living to be made out of in the future. I am still in love with Family Medicine as my specialty of choice. I want to be able to practice full scope and I have always planned on living in a more rural location so I have planned on doing a decent amount of OB. Now that I know I love OB (I do love all of the prenatal care as well and I already knew I loved vag births because I have had 4 kids of my own already) and c-secs I would really like to practice this in the future. I was looking into some OB fellowships to help with c-sec proficiency and there arre a number of programs but I noticed that there is no ACGME accreditation for ANY FM OB fellowships. So I was curious if anyone had any experience personally or second hand of how this would work.
I have ready that if you find an OB heavy residency you can usually graduate with around 40-50 c-secs where you are the primary surgeon just from residency. In my opinion I would rather have around a couple hundred before I would feel proficient enough to practice and operate on my own. Most OB fellowships seem to have that number for their fellows before they graduate but my concern is if the fellowship is not accredited then will hospitals give you rights to perform cesareans at all after you complete the program?
Any input is appreciated. I'm really hoping I can make this work. Right now it seems like the dream situation for me.
I have ready that if you find an OB heavy residency you can usually graduate with around 40-50 c-secs where you are the primary surgeon just from residency. In my opinion I would rather have around a couple hundred before I would feel proficient enough to practice and operate on my own. Most OB fellowships seem to have that number for their fellows before they graduate but my concern is if the fellowship is not accredited then will hospitals give you rights to perform cesareans at all after you complete the program?
Any input is appreciated. I'm really hoping I can make this work. Right now it seems like the dream situation for me.