OB-GYN Curriculum and Affiliations
The OB/GYN services are cared for by the full-time and part-time attending staff, our OB/GYN house-officers, Emergency Medicine and Family Medicine residents, Certified Nurse-Midwives, fourth-year medical students on elective rotations, and third-year medical students from the University of Arizona and Creighton University School of Medicine.
Review the information below to learn more about resident learning and progression during the four program years.
You can also review our program affiliation partners who provide additional educational experiences.
During the first year of post graduate training in OB/GYN, emphasis is placed on basic Gynecology and Obstetrics. The first 4 weeks are spent on "OB boot camp" split between OB days and nights at both Valleywise Health Medical Center and St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center. This helps our new interns acclimate to each of our two primary teaching hospitals.
Rotations
- Ambulatory Care
- Gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Gynecology at Valleywise Health
- Obstetric Days at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Obstetric Days at Valleywise Health
- Obstetric Float
- Obstetric Night Float at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Obstetric Night Float at Valleywise Health
- Ultrasound
The second year is an opportunity to further develop clinical and leadership skills. The second-year resident is responsible for the high-risk OB patients with the supervision of the Chief resident and helps the interns throughout the year.
Rotations
- Ambulatory Care
- Gynecology at Valleywise Health
- Gynecologic Oncology at St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated sites
- Family Planning
- Obstetric Days at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Obstetric Days at Valleywise Health
- Obstetric Night Float at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Obstetric Night Float at Valleywise Health
- Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
During the third year, emphasis is placed on building a depth of knowledge, experience, and further development of operative and clinical care management skills. This year is enhanced by opportunities to experience private practice as the residents spend time with subspecialists in their practices. The resident operates with specialists at affiliated institutions, giving the residents an opportunity to experience more of the clinical medical community.
Rotations
- Ambulatory Care
- Float
- Gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated sites
- Gynecology Surgery at affiliated sites
- Float Nights
- Gynecologic Oncology
- High-Risk Obstetrics
- Obstetric Night Float at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Selective
- Urogynecology
Full responsibility for management of patient care is given during this final year. The residents further develop skills in practice management and leadership.
Rotations
- Float
- Gynecology Surgery at affiliated sites
- Gynecology at St. Joseph's Hospital and affiliated sites
- Gynecology at Valleywise Health
- Gynecologic Surgery / Oncology
- Gynecologic Oncology
- Obstetric Days at St. Joseph's Hospital
- Obstetric Days at Valleywise Health
- Obstetric Night Float at Valleywise Health
Valleywise Health Medical Center is a 325-bed acute care community hospital located near the heart of downtown Phoenix. Valleywise Health Medical Center’s primary mission is providing health care for the underserved patients of Maricopa County. The hospital sees a large case load in Level I Trauma, contains a Pediatric Level 2 Trauma center, and houses the renowned Arizona Burn Center. The brand new Valleywise Health Medical Center was opened in 2024.
Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, a large tertiary care center with a mission to care for underserved patients, is home to and/or has affiliations with:
- Barrow Neurological Institute, an internationally and nationally recognized center for Neurosurgery and Neurology
- Norton Thoracic Institute, one of the busiest double lung transplant centers in the nation, in addition to expertise in foregut surgery
- An ACS verified Level 1 Trauma Center, the busiest in metropolitan Phoenix
- Dignity Health Cancer Institute at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, which treats more than 60 types of cancer by employing advanced genetic and molecular testing
Affiliations with the following institutions round out a program that provides the residency with a balanced experience encompassing managed care, private practice, critical care, ambulatory and primary/preventive care.
