Visiting Students & Scholars

Course Description

Students will be assigned to the Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology Service at Emory University Hospital (EUH) and potentially Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and will serve as an extern on the service. This will involve full participation in the clinical care of patients on the wards and in the operating room. The level of participation will coincide with the level of skill of the student. There will be supervision during this time for the student and the student will be expected to attend all clinical conferences relating to Gynecologic Oncology. If you will be driving to and from EUH, please allot at least $130 for parking cost.

Clinical Facility

Emory University Hospital (EUH) and potentially Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM)

Course Description

Students will be assigned to the antepartum High-Risk Obstetric inpatient ward, the Obstetric Outpatient Clinics, and the Regional Perinatal Center at Grady Memorial Hospital. In the inpatient area the student will perform the hospital admission work-up, reviewing the medical record as it relates to past medical problems and the course of the present pregnancy, especially laboratory data relating to the status of the patient. Student will plan a further diagnostic and therapeutic approach by reading some of the current literature which pertains to the patient's problem. Student will present the patient to the faculty attending during morning teaching rounds and record the faculty attending consultation note in the medical record. In the outpatient area the student will perform return prenatal visit examinations under the supervision of the residents and MFM fellows and observe the faculty clinic consultant during initial evaluation of high-risk patients. In the Emory Regional Perinatal Center the student will observe antepartum electronic fetal heart rate testing. Learning Objectives • To be able to take a comprehensive patient-centered history for a complex obstetric patient. • To learn to present to residents, fellows and attendings complex obstetric patients in both an inpatient and outpatient setting. • To perform inpatient antepartum round with the MFM team.

Clinical Facility

Grady Memorial Hospital

Course Description

Students will be assigned to Labor and Delivery at Grady Memorial Hospital. The student will be asked to see patients presenting in the labor and delivery area, review the medical record, examine the patient, evaluate the patient's problems, and present a plan of treatment to the resident and attending. The student will follow both normal and complicated patients in labor under supervision of the resident. The student will perform uncomplicated vaginal deliveries under the supervision of the resident and attending, as well as assist the resident in complicated cases. The student will present cases to the faculty attending during morning teaching rounds and record the consultation note in the medical record. The student will attend regularly scheduled weekly departmental teaching conferences which pertain to obstetrics. Learning Objectives • To be able to take a comprehensive patient-centered history for patient on labor and delivery. • To learn how to present a patient in labor to the labor team. • To learn the basics of a spontaneous vaginal delivery.

Clinical Facility

Grady Memorial Hospital 

Course Description

Clinical activities take place at Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH), and Atlanta Women’s Center (30342). This elective is designed to provide medical students with a fairly intensive exposure to the field of family planning (i.e. contraception and reproductive health services). It is designed for any clinical student who plans to utilize the learned knowledge and skills in their future specialty, whether that be OB/GYN, Family Practice, etc.

Clinical Facility

Grady Memorial Hospital, Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH), and Atlanta Women’s Center (30342)

Course Description

Clinical activities take place at Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH). Students will participate in all clinical aspects of the reproductive endocrinology and infertility (REI) division which includes attending clinic at the Emory Reproductive Center (ERC) at Emory University Hospital Midtown. While the clinic primarily focuses on infertility treatments, patients are also seen with Mullerian anomalies, sex chromosome aberrations, and endocrine abnormalities (PCOS, pituitary adenomas, thyroid disease, adrenal disease, menopausal symptoms). Opportunities to attend reproductive surgeries in the EUHM operating room and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures are also available. The student will be supervised by the attending in clinic and may observe procedures with the REI fellow or resident on rotation.

Clinical Facility

Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH)

Course Description

Clinical activities take place at Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (ESJH), Emory University Hospital (EUH), and Emory John’s Creek (EJC). This elective is designed for 4th year medical students to learn more about Urogynecologic conditions of the female pelvic floor and those who are interested in pursuing further training in surgical subspecialties such as Gynecology & Obstetrics, Urology, General Surgery and other related fields within Female Pelvic Health. The student trains as an integral member of the Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery (FPMRS) team at Emory University Hospital and Emory Clinic. The medical student participates heavily in FPMRS clinics including in pre-operative evaluations, completion of History and Physical examinations particular to patients with pelvic floor defects, urinary and fecal incontinence, and other urogynecologic disorders. The student will learn non-surgical and surgical management treatments for these patients. The student participates in surgery with division faculty, participates in Urogynecologic inpatient consults, and rounds on post-operative patients on the service.

Clinical Facility

Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (ESJH), Emory University Hospital (EUH), Emory John’s Creek (EJC)

Course Description

Clinical activities take place at 5 Emory locations: Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM), Emory University Hospital (EUH), Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (ESJH), Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH), and Grady Memorial Hospital. Students have full days at each site but may go to numerous sites per week. The student will spend time with Emory General OB/GYN faculty and residents and learning what a Generalist OB/GYN position is like. Time will mainly be spent in the Outpatient office setting, seeing patients alongside a faculty member; however, pending additional learner volume may also spend a week on Labor & Delivery night shifts at EUHM (6.30 pm – 6.30 am). Opportunities are generally available to follow a faculty member to the operating room and to round on patients in the hospital as well as to spend time with the residents on labor and delivery at EUHM and Grady.

Clinical Facility

Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM), Emory University Hospital (EUH), Emory St. Joseph’s Hospital (ESJH), Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH), and Grady Memorial Hospital

Course Description

Clinical activities take place at Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH). Students will be assigned to the Emory Perinatal Center and the inpatient Maternal Fetal Medicine/antepartum service at Emory Midtown and Emory Decatur. In the outpatient clinic the student will perform outpatient consultations with the MFM attendings and will prepare for each patient with medical record review and literature review as appropriate. They will then record the faculty attending consultation note in the medical record. Patients seen in our practice include women with gestational diabetes, heart disease, fetal growth restriction, fetal anomalies, and more. Student will have the opportunity to learn the basics of ultrasound imaging practices. On the antepartum service the student will perform inpatient consultations with the team (resident, fellow, attending) and will round daily with them in addition to having the opportunity to present patients to the attending on rounds. Student will observe the faculty consultant during initial evaluation of high-risk patients in both an inpatient and an outpatient setting. Student has the opportunity to take overnight L&D shifts at Grady Memorial Hospital if they desire (not mandatory). LEARNING OBJECTIVES: * To be able to perform basic ultrasound including biophysical profile and growth ultrasounds. * To be able to take a comprehensive history for a complex obstetric patient * To learn how to present complicated obstetric patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting. * To perform inpatient antepartum rounding with the MFM team. * To learn the basics of genetic screening in pregnancy.

Clinical Facility

Emory University Hospital Midtown (EUHM) and Emory Decatur Hospital (EDH)