COURSE TITLE, DEPT. & COURSE NO:Maternal and Fetal Medicine
OBG 835
Course Description:Year IV Elective
2 or 4 week duration, dates and duration must be approved by course director
Course Director:David G. Chaffin, MD Course Contact:Rebecca Blake
Course Objective:
To develop the basic tools to evaluate and manage at risk pregnancies with specific regard to:
- Prenatal diagnosis and imaging
- Understanding of embryology and fetal growth and development
- Understanding of genetics as related to prenatal diagnosis
- Maternal hypertensive disorders
- Diabetes complicating pregnancy
- Inpatient and ambulatory management of at risk pregnancies
- Maternal and Fetal Physiology, including anatomic adaptations to pregnancy
Course Schedule: Varies, but generally
M-FAntepartum rounds at 8 a.m.
WGrand Rounds 7:00 a.m.
M-ThHigh Risk Obstetrical Clinics in a.m.
FGYN Perinatal Rounds NOON
Prenatal diagnosis and imaging as per faculty assignment
Other assignments as per faculty and chief residents
Lecture Friday pm with Ob/Gyn Residents
INSTITUTIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES MET OR ADDRESSED
- To understand the rationale and techniques to screen for and diagnose congenital anomalies and aneuploidy prenatally.
- To understand the impact of diabetes mellitus on pregnancy.
- To understand the impact of hypertensive disorders on pregnancy.
- To develop the skills to screen for, diagnose, and provide initial management of for commonly encountered pregnancy complications including:
- Premature rupture of membranes
- Preterm labor
TEACHING METHODS AND ASSESSMENT:
Course taught by Maternal and Fetal Medicine and Generalist Faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology:
Facilities:
1.Marshall University Medical Center
- Cabell Huntington Hospital
- Labor and Delivery Suite
- Antepartum Suite
- Perinatal Center
- Women’s Health Services Clinics
Hours:
Vary, but usually M-F 6:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Evaluation:
By MFM and Generalist Faculty upon completion of elective utilizing MUSOM 4th year elective evaluation device
Reading:
As per assignment by faculty and Chief Residents
Specific reading assignments will be basis for written examination.
Williams Obstetrics, 23rd Ed, Cunningham, et al.
Chapters
2 (Maternal Anatomy)
4 (Fetal Growth and Development)
5 (Maternal Physiology),12 (Genetics)
13 (Prenatal Diagnosis and Fetal Therapy)
14 (Teratology and Medications That Affect the Fetus)
ACOG Practice Bulletins
No. 101 (Ultrasonography in Pregnancy
No. 88 (Invasive Prenatal Testing for Aneuploidy
No. 77 (Screening for Fetal Chromosomal Abnormalities
No. 60 (Pre-gestational Diabetes Mellitus
No. 127 (Management of Preterm Labor)
No. 137 (Gestational Diabetes)
*available in Obstetrics and Gynecology or online to ACOG members (student membership free)
ACOG Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy, 2013
Executive summary only
ACOG Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy, author. Hypertension in pregnancy / developed by the Task Force on Hypertension in Pregnancy.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-934984-28-4
I. ACOG, issuing body. II. Title. [DNLM: 1. Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced—Practice Guideline. WQ 244]
RG575.5 618.3'6132—dc23
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Copyright 2013 by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 409 12th Street, SW, PO Box 96920, Washington, DC 20090-6920. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by an means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher.
Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 7th Ed, Creasy and Resnik, (May be found in HSL)
Purchase of either textbook NOT required
GRADING POLICY:
This course will be graded as “Pass/Fail.”
To pass you must have the following:
- Passing grade from the course director evaluation.
PLUS
- Passing grad from all clinical faculty evaluations
PLUS
- Score at least 80% on the MCQ
The course director’s evaluation will be based, but not limited to, upon the following factors:
- Attendance and participation in assigned activities
- Demonstration of knowledge and skills
- Maturity and Professionalism
- Oral Case presentation/patient workup
- Informal oral case discussions and presentations
- Self-directed learning
MCQ Grading Scale
>90=A
80-89=B
70-79=C
<70%=F
Students receiving a grade of <80% on MCQ will be given the opportunity to retake a similar examination. Average of 2 MCQ examinations will be used to determine final grade.
ATTENDANCE POLICY:INCLEMENT WEATHER POLICY:
As per university and SOM policy
POLICY STATEMENT ON MAJOR PROJECTS, EXAMINATIONS AND OTHER ASSIGNMENTS (DUE DATES, MAKE-UPS) INCLUDING POLICY STATEMENT ON HOLDING GRADES UNTIL COURSE EVALUATIONS ARE COMPLETED:
As per SOM guidelines
PLAGERISM POLICY/ACADEMIC INTEGRITY POLICY STATEMENT:
As per SOM Guidelines
Revised 8/12