Learning Resources

Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Learning Resources
Educational conferences are intended to provide residents with an evidence-based approach to OB-GYN education. Conferences are presented, in part, by faculty, residents and visiting professors.

Morning Report
Weekday mornings are highly interactive with case-based discussion reviews on the cases from the night before to address evidence-based approaches to patient care, discussion of options in therapy, and identification of basic science and clinical aspects of the clinical cases. Residents receive timely feedback on their patient management. The most current literature is reviewed. Residents are taught to think critically, integrate clinical information, produce a differential diagnosis and logical plan, and tailor the best therapeutic plan for the patient.

Simulator Curriculum
Several simulators are used to teach resident key surgical and technical skills, including breech vaginal deliveries, forceps and vacuum. Additionally, several laparoscopic simulators allow residents to gain expertise with laparoscopic instruments outside of the operating room.

Mock Orals Exams
Residents at all levels participate in mock oral examinations given by Houston Methodist’s obstetrics and gynecology faculty. These mock examinations prepare upper-level residents for the certifying examination of The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Chief/Attending Rounds
Each day, in chief/attending rounds, residents and medical students present their cases to core faculty who are supervising. The faculty member then takes the residents and medical students through the cases to develop diagnoses and establish treatment plans.

Comprehensive OB-GYN Curriculum
The Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecologists (CREOG) and the Association of Professors in Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) publish a listing of patient care topics that should be covered over the four-year residency in OB-GYN. Assigned reading is given, with weekly quizzes to assure mastery. The answers to the quizzes are reviewed each week.

Morbidity and Mortality Conference
The Morbidity and Mortality Conference is a key teaching conference, during which complications are presented by residents and discussed by faculty and residents. The complications presented are discussed with an emphasis on the current literature and are designed to promote an educational discussion.

Journal Club
Journal Club is held at least once a month, and topics center on the presentation of new clinical and scientific information. Each month, two residents are responsible for presenting the articles. Faculty are present to aid in the discussion of the articles.

Grand Rounds
Grand rounds are designed to keep surgeons and other healthcare professionals abreast of new surgical knowledge, surgical procedures and patient care issues. This weekly conference is presented by senior residents, surgical faculty, non-surgical faculty and visiting professors.

Discipline Specific Conferences
In addition to the aforementioned conferences, Houston Methodist offers numerous discipline-specific conferences, including those on breast, pathology, cervical cytology and gynecologic oncology.

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Residents are encouraged to serve on the Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Committess as well as participate in RCA's. The GME office will assign certain residency programs to have residents present at Root Caus Analysis meetings for educational purposes.