Description

This clerkship is offered at Mayo Clinic Scottsdale and its affiliated Ambulatory Surgery Center. Students work directly with staff consultants in the outpatient clinic.

Specific goals

1. Develop basic skills in generating gynecologic-specific histories and performing physical examinations.
2. Acquire knowledge about screening techniques and workups for gynecologic malignancies and urogynecologic conditions.
3. Gain extensive experience in the evaluation and treatment of benign gynecologic conditions, including hormone-related problems and pelvic pain involving premenopausal and postmenopausal patients.
4. Gain exposure to gynecologic office procedures, including colposcopy, biopsy techniques and endometrial sampling.

Activity outline

In the outpatient clinic students have abundant opportunities to take histories and perform physical examinations. After reviewing each case with the consultant, students assist in ordering tests and procedures and performing office gynecologic procedures. Students are present when patients return at the report consultation, when applicable. Students are not required to take on-call duty. They present one informal teaching session to the OB/GYN staff on a topic of their choice.

Method of evaluation

The evaluation is based on students' motivation and progress in assimilating pertinent information and arriving at working diagnoses.

Per Mayo Clinic institutional policy, faculty and residents/fellows will not complete any outside evaluations. You will be provided with an electronic performance evaluation via Mayo Clinic’s MedHub portal. A final summative evaluation will be sent to you and your school official upon completion of your clerkship.