Starting in July of 2003, we instituted the night float system. We felt that was a useful tool to use in order to comply with the 80-hour workweek guidelines of the ACGME. The night float rotation was a new rotation for our residents. The educational objectives for that rotation are structured around evaluation and treatment of emergency patients or patients evaluated and treated in urgent clinical situations. Even though the implementation of this new work hour schedule is in its initial stages, the feedback that we are receiving from the residents has been positive.
All residents participate in daily teaching attending rounds. These teaching rounds include Obstetrics, Gynecology, Gynecologic Oncology, and Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility. The format is based on the concept of Case-Based Learning (chart recall format). There is ample opportunity for in-depth discussion and literature review. These teaching rounds are in addition to the attending work rounds.
Another one of our main objectives is to ensure that our residents are able to demonstrate learning competencies in all six main competencies, which are:

Our educational objectives have been previously approved. However, we have recently restructured them to conform with the new competency guidelines. We also saw this as an opportunity to emphasize certain aspects of the educational curriculum, such as Systems-Based Practice & Professionalism and Interpersonal & Communication Skills. We have introduced new evaluation tools to assess resident performance in all of the competencies.
We believe that this is a worthwhile endeavor that will improve the residents’ overall education and experience. Full-time as well as part-time faculty fully support these initiatives and are willing to participate in a substantive fashion both in resident teaching, as well as evaluation. Equally important is the fact that we have instituted a 360° evaluation of residents, something that was not fully implemented previously. Overall, we feel that our strong Ob/Gyn Residency Program will continue to improve and add value to the residents’ experience with these new initiatives.
The third and perhaps most significant change in our educational curriculum is the recruitment of two new qualified Ob/Gyn generalists, as well as a Reproductive Endocrinology/Infertility Specialist. Dr. David P. Hernandez and Dr. William A. Petersen are the two Ob/Gyn generalists and Dr. Subodhsingh Chauhan is the new Director of Reproductive Medicine. We are very pleased that these three new faculty have decided to join our team to help in the clinical arena and spearhead new educational opportunities in obstetrics and gynecology, as well as in the subspecialties.
We have also included a sample of the resident rotation schedule for the academic year 2003-2004.