OBGYN Sub-internship Questions

[DOstudent2014]

1. What does a medical student do while on an OBGYN sub-internship? What are their responsiblities?

2. What are the hours?

3. How can one prepare?

4. Any advice for male students? Will you need a chaperone for all patient encounters?

5. Any other advice?

6. Would you reccomend 2 or 4 weeks?

Thanks

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[LIDO]

1. What does a medical student do while on an OBGYN sub-internship? What are their responsiblities?

2. What are the hours?

3. How can one prepare?

4. Any advice for male students? Will you need a chaperone for all patient encounters?

5. Any other advice?


Thanks

This is going to differ depending on the institution. Here are some answers for my Sub-I expereince:

1. Everything you did as an MSIII + more. Meaning, you need to be following up on every test, writing every note, seeing the patient before your team (getting help when necessary). Hopefully they will let you deliver more babies, first assist on more cases, etc (again dependent on institution and attending)

2.Your hours should mirror the intern. I also took call (interns did not) on weekends. Therefore, something like 5AM (preround) - 7PM each day and maybe one call night on the weekend (either Fri or Sat).

3. Read. Know how to manage diabetes, pre-x, abruption, etc.

4. You need a chaperone during vaginal exams, checking cervix, breast exam (should not be doing much on L&D). Basically the same rules as an MS3.

5. Don't be annoying, work hard, stay until everybody from your team leaves, know your patient, be willing to go the extra mile (offer to carry pages while your resident is in the OR/clinic), give a lecture, make sure that everybody knows you are on a Sub-I and entering the field....you will be treated better. Also, have fun!

 

[DOstudent2014]

Would you reccomend 2 or 4 weeks?

 

[jv24601]

1. What does a medical student do while on an OBGYN sub-internship? What are their responsiblities?

2. What are the hours?

3. How can one prepare?

4. Any advice for male students? Will you need a chaperone for all patient encounters?

5. Any other advice?

6. Would you reccomend 2 or 4 weeks?

Thanks

1. Echoing LIDO, it depends a lot of the institution and rotation. Some schools have inpatient Ob/Gyn sub-i's in Onc and MFM as well as outpatient sub-i's in MFM, REI, ambulatory, or family planning. Some rotations you work with the residents and function as another intern, on some of the outpatient rotations though you may not see residents and just work with attendings. Be sure to ask on the first day what the expectations are. Some residency programs like you to do an inpatient rotation since those are considered "harder" to make sure you can handle it. Be sure to choose something you're comfortable with.

2. Get in at least 10 mins before the first resident, leave at the same time/after everyone else (ie. don't ask to leave early- help out everyone else on the team if you're done).

3. Try to ask other people who have done the rotation in the past about their experiences. Find out what you need to know and read about it before the rotation begins. If something comes up during the rotation that you need to know, read about it that night so you know it for the next day.

4. You don't need a chaperone to take a history/non-sensitive physical exam, but always have a chaperone for pelvic/breast exams. Usually as a sub-i this will be a resident or attending, but can also be a female nurse. Don't get offended if a patient doesn't want you to examine her because you're a male, it happens.

5. Make sure to ask about expectations from the attending and residents the first day! Then halfway through the rotation ask for feedback about how you're doing and how you can improve. Listen and incorporate this feedback. Work hard. Be friendly. Figure out what you can do and do it without being asked. Think of your patients as your patients and not the intern's patients. If you're on a lighter outpatient sub-i, ask if you can do L&D on the weekends.

If you're going into Ob/gyn you will want to do a 4 wk sub-i.