OBGY 709F Sub-I OBGYN/Oncology

Credits: 6
Students will be responsible for the preoperative, operative, and post-operative care of gynecologic oncology patients, including inpatient and outpatient elements. They will scrub in for surgery 1-4 days per week. The focus will be on the surgical care of patients with gynecologic masses / malignancies, and the surgical implications of the clinical issues for these patients. Additionally, students will be involved with the work up and management of patients, including understanding the differential diagnoses of presenting clinical signs and symptoms common to a Gynecologic Oncology practice. In the outpatient setting, students may also be involved in ongoing cancer surveillance, application of chemotherapy and radiation therapy of gyn/onc patients. Students will attend gynecologic oncology tumor conferences and may be on call during the week and weekends to attend emergency surgeries and consults.

Graded: Pass/No pass
May be taken only once for credit