Your Ob/Gyn Survival Guide: Tips and Tricks

High yield resources and tips for your Ob/Gyn clerkship.

Youtube Playlist: http://bit.ly/pimped-ob

Books:

• Netters
• Obstetrics and Gynecology by Beckmann

Apps:

• Pimped App – Clinical questions to expect in the OR and on the wards
• Uptodate
• Epocrates
• GoodRx
• LactMed – medications safe in breastfeeding
• ASCCP: Cervical cancer screening
• CDC STI guidelines
• ACOG app/website
• OB Wheel or dating

Tips and Tricks:

• Be Proactive—talk to students who just finished the rotation about ways to be helpful and the day to day logistics.
• Expectations: Ask for them to be set at the beginning. Clarify as needed.
• Be Self-sufficient, but ask for help when appropriate
• Before leaving for the day, ask when you should come in to round, who to pre-round on and where to meet.
• Once or twice a week ask for feedback when everyone has a down moment.

Labor and Delivery:

1. Gs & Ps aka Gravity and Parity.
2. Primes, multips
3. Gestational age Preterm vs term