Medical Student Program

Interpersonal & Communication Skills (Interpersonal & Communication Skills)

• Provide and discuss patient education information with patients and families of diverse backgrounds, including the ability to identify and address socio-economic and cultural issues affecting patient's care.
• Demonstrate appropriate student doctor-patient communication skills, including patient’s agenda and concerns, and boundaries, and sensitive issues such as pelvic exam, sexual history, intimate partner violence, abortion history and family planning options.
• Be able to describe and compare contraceptive methods and counsel patients about them.
• Recognize the impact of an unintended pregnancy and be able to counsel about all options.
• Describe methods of screening for such conditions as cervical cancer, osteoporosis, and intimate partner violence.

Interprofessional Collaboration (Interprofessional Collaboration)

• Demonstrate appropriate, respectful inter-professional communication skills with administrative staff, and health care teams including nurses, midwives, physicians and other health professionals

Medical Knowledge (Medical Knowledge)

• Describe the diagnosis and management of benign and cancerous gynecologic conditions.
• Integrate knowledge from textbooks, medical literature, and national guidelines to contribute to decisions about individual patient care.
• Recognize and evaluate symptoms and signs of breast disease including masses, pain, and galactorrhea
• Describe the critical components of: prenatal care, labor, delivery, postpartum issues, and lactation

Patient Care (Patient Care)

• Assist in a cesarean section and receive FEEDBACK.
• Participate in care of: patient with abnormal vaginal bleeding.
• Participate in care of a patient with pelvic pain
• Participate in care of: pregnant patient in labor, delivery and postpartum
• Demonstrate a two-handed square knot (does not need to be on a patient) and receive FEEDBACK
• Participate in a vaginal delivery and receive FEEDBACK.
• Participate in care of a patient with contraceptive needs.
• Perform a pelvic exam and collect specimens as appropriate and receive FEEDBACK.
• Demonstrate several times to resident/attending/team ability to perform a comprehensive physical exam (include breast and pelvic exams), incorporate relevant lab results, formulate an assessment and plan.
• Demonstrate ability to glove and gown using sterile technique, and use universal precautions with body fluids
• Demonstrate gynecologic and obstetric clinical skills, and describe steps of procedures including ability to: Measure fundal height in a pregnant patient who is greater than 20 weeks pregnant; Locate fetal heart beat with a Doppler in a patient who is greater than 13 weeks pregnant; Interpret fetal heart rate monitor strip; Sensitively insert the speculum and identify the cervix; Tie a two-handed square knot; Delineate steps of vaginal and cesarean deliveries
• Demonstrate ability to participate as a team member in discharge planning with several patients.
• Demonstrate several times to resident/attending/team ability to independently write notes (H&P, progress notes in SOAP format, and procedure notes) and incorporate feedback.
• Demonstrate several times to resident/attending/team ability to obtain gynecologic and obstetric patient histories.

Practice-Based Learning & Improvement (Practice-Based Learning & Improvement)

• Demonstrate ability to identify one’s own learning needs, incorporate feedback, and critically reflect.
• Apply knowledge of study design and statistical methods to the appraisal of clinical studies and be able to communicate findings with your team
• Take responsibility for personal behavior, gaps in knowledge and errors, and ask for and accept feedback willingly

Professionalism (Professionalism)

• Demonstrate professionalism by being punctual, reliable, prepared, taking initiative, following through, and maintaining patient confidentiality

Systems-Based Practice (Systems-Based Practice)

• Describe how systems structures and costs affect health care delivery at your site.
• Differentiate lesbian health issues from heterosexual women’s health issues