ob hospitalist

[new2dis]

I wanted to find out if the ob hospitalist movement is just a fad or here to stay.

what are peoples' experience (if any) with this practice style?
thanks.

---

Members don't see this ad.

 

[FutureDoc734]

See this recent post from KevinMD - specifically talks about the Ob-Gyn hospitalist movement, among others:

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/04...s-joining-forces-generalist-hospitalists.html

 

[new2dis]

See this recent post from KevinMD - specifically talks about the Ob-Gyn hospitalist movement, among others:

http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2011/04...s-joining-forces-generalist-hospitalists.html

Thanks for the link. 🙂

 

[meowmeowmeow]

Can someone please help me find the info about ob hospitalist? Like how do you get trained? Where do you do residency? Can you do an elective rotations as a third year? Which hospitals have the prgram.....Please I need help with this ASAP......

Thank you in advance 🙂

 

[GuzzyRon]

Can someone please help me find the info about ob hospitalist? Like how do you get trained? Where do you do residency? Can you do an elective rotations as a third year? Which hospitals have the prgram.....Please I need help with this ASAP......

Thank you in advance 🙂

I don't think there is an "OBGYN Hospitalist" residency program anywhere. At least not right now. AFAIK, all current OBGYN hospitalists completed general OBGYN residency. The "hospitalist" part of it is more of a description of their hospital role or practice style (not necessarily indicative of any specialized training). If you want to become an OBGYN hospitalist, there is no different residency required other than the standard OBGYN residency. And you can do an elective OBGYN, MFM or REI rotation. You can even follow/shadow an hospitalist OB if you can find one.

 

[HumbleMD]

Can someone please help me find the info about ob hospitalist? Like how do you get trained? Where do you do residency? Can you do an elective rotations as a third year? Which hospitals have the prgram.....Please I need help with this ASAP......

Thank you in advance 🙂

Agreed. Most OB hospitalists are "laborists" who work the L&D floor in shifts. You do a 4 year OB-GYN residency, and then can practice immediately after (a fellowship would make little sense for a "sub-generalist").

You could look for more OB-heavy residency programs (which is usually the opposite of what everyone else is looking for). You'll still want balance though, in case a C-section you're running turns into a C-hysterectomy.