Didactic Learning
Time is protected on Wednesday afternoons for the residents to take part in learning sessions. These didactic sessions complement the health care topics that the residents experience in the outpatient clinic and inpatient hospital settings. Residents attend these sessions and learn from department faculty, UNMC/Nebraska Medicine speakers, as well as external presenters. The residents are also given a chance to be the presenter at some sessions. The Wednesday didactic learning sessions include the following on a rotating basis:
- Grand Rounds
- Case Conference
- Journal Club
- Mortality and Morbidity
- Core lecture series
- Simulations (boot camp for interns, da Vinci robot simulator introduction, surgical equipment, and obstetrical simulations)
Also, the residents participate in other sessions during the week and these may include:
- “Diagnostics in OB-GYN” (DOG) presentations cancer conference
- High-risk OB planning
- Service teaching rounds
- Gynecology-Oncology tumor board
- Gynecology Pre-op conference
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| Amniocentesis simulation with Dr. Nakad |
Laparoscopy simulation with Drs. Manriquez and Marsh |
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| LEEP simulation with Drs. Kinney and McColm |
Sling simulation with Drs. Summers, |