Schedules & Work Hours

Didactics

Formal resident didactics are held every Tuesday morning from 8:30-11:30 AM. Each week residents have two educational sessions consisting of lectures, case-based learning, simulation, ultrasound, research and statistical education. This time is protected for resident education and no educational duties should interfere with the learning environment.

Departmental grand rounds and morbidity and mortality conference are held bi-weekly on a rotating schedule prior to resident didactics. Upper level residents are responsible for case selection, preparation, and presentation for M&M conference. Grand rounds are delivered by guest speakers and faculty members of the department of OBGYN. Journal club is held quarterly. Second year residents present a pertinent journal article of their choice with the help of a faculty mentor.

Resident Call Schedule

Residents of all levels complete 8 total weeks of a night float rotation split into two 4-week blocks. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th year resident work Sunday through Thursday night at the Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital/Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion covering labor and delivery, postpartum, antepartum and pediatric GYN consults. The 3rd year resident works Sunday through Friday night at the Main MUSC Hospital two blocks away covering gynecology, gynecologic oncology, and consults.

Weekend call is split into two shifts. One resident works 12 hours overnight Friday and 12 hours on Sunday during the day. A second resident works a 24-hour shift from Saturday morning to Sunday morning. Call is divided evenly within a class. Most residents are on call 2 weekends a month with 2 weekends off.

Description of Rotations

Antepartum: PGY-2, PGY-3 rotation. Under the supervision of an MFM attending and fellow, residents will round, consult, and care for high-risk patients on the antepartum inpatient service. Each resident spends one half day per week in a high-risk obstetric clinic.

Coverage: PGY-4 rotation. For 8 weeks, residents float between various services based on volume and need.

Elective: PGY-3 rotation. During the elective rotation, residents often spend time away from campus, completing an away rotation or create their own specialized rotation on campus.

Family Planning: PGY-2 rotation. MUSC is a Ryan Residency Training Program and offers residents the full scope of family planning. During this 8-week rotation, trainees participate in a clinic specializing in complex contraceptive and miscarriage management.

Gynecology: PGY level 1-4. Early operative exposure with graduated autonomy and case load. Experience includes Preop Conference and Clinic, Colposcopy Clinic, PAGS Experience, Urogynecology, MIGS, Robotic Curriculum, Outpatient Surgery rotations for upper levels.

GYN Float: PGY-3 rotation. On the Gyn Float rotation, residents will assist the gynecology team in the operating room, staff a menopause clinic, and cover the VA clinic OR cases.

Labor & Delivery/Night Float (Obstetrics): PGY level 1-4 rotation. Over 3,000 deliveries a year, 17 Labor & Delivery rooms, 4 triage rooms, 2 obstetric ORs, and a Mother Baby Unit. The floor is covered by a 1st, 2nd, 3rd (fall only) and 4th year resident, in addition to a Certified Nurse Midwife and Attending physician daily.

Outpatient Clinic/Surgery: PGY-4 rotation. During the OPS rotation, residents participate in open cases with private gynecologic oncologists, operate with MUSC faculty, and staff the colposcopy and high-risk obstetric clinics.

Postpartum: PGY-1 rotation. Along with the supervising Nurse Midwife, residents will participate in morning daily rounds and care for patients as appropriate. Afternoons will alternate between urogynecology clinic, ultrasound, labor & delivery, and the continuity clinic.

REI: PGY-1 rotation. Experience in infertility counseling, workup, and management. Exposure to procedures including hysterosalpingograms, intrauterine inseminations, egg retrieval, embryo transfer, and transvaginal ultrasound.

Research

Resident Research is an important aspect of our residency. Each resident is required to complete a research project. Research is an opportunity for our residents to enhance their fellowship application, experience clinical research and publish data in a medical journal. Residents participate in lectures on topics such as study design, evaluation of literature, abstract design, and giving a an oral presentation. Each resident is encouraged to identify a research mentor and is provided with an overview of on-going research. This foundation is used to support idea generation and the development of an IRB with subsequent data collection and evaluation to complete a research project

At our annual Resident Research Day, residents showcase their final product to faculty and guest judges. In addition, the winners receive an educational allotment. Our residents have published in scientific journals and presented their abstracts at national meetings such as: SGO, AUGS, SMFM, ACOG, ASRM and IDSOG.