Senior OB
Responsibilities (3rd Year/2nd
Year)
º Show Enthusiasm
º Be Professional
º Arrive for rounds
by 6am
º Be a good
teacher, leader and team player
º Teach and Supervise
the IPASS check-out
º Divide the patients
- During the first week, the Intern should have no more than 4/day.
- Senior Resident should offer appropriate support
-- This will have many different forms, depending on the time
of year
-- Senior
Resident may need to see patients also if the list is heavy
-- Also the night
resident can see patients/write notes if service is busy
- After
the first week, many Interns will be ready to see more and more patients
-- Use good judgment in balancing encouraging independence without
Overwhelming
- In the
first 2 weeks Interns should be assigned both OB and NB patients
-- They will need to care for both when they are on weekend
call
- Ensure
that continuity patients are checked-out and ready to present during
table rounds
- Ensure
that “list” is updated and ready for rounds (copy to faculty)
º Senior Resident
should be willing to carry pager and handle triage while the Interns see
morning patients
º Mentor note
writing, placing orders, check-out, triage, normal labor and delivery
course, how and when to call attendings, speculum exam, nitrazine,
ferning, cervical check, etc.
º Table Rounds (Start
at 9am)
- Patient rounding typically lasts 1 hour (until 10)
- Followed by Longitudinal/Didactics
--Facilitate Rounds
i. Supervise presentation of antepartum, postpartum NB
and triage patients
ii. Facilitate Didactic discussion
º Update Boards in
Nursing Station
º Text/Call Faculty
with any pertinent morning updates
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