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Maternity Care Electives
  

The following list of resident electives is brought to you courtesy of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Group on Family-centered Perinatal Care and the American Academy of Family Physicians. It was compiled so that members of STFM's Group on Family-centered Perinatal Care, and other family medicine educators, can better help residents get good training in maternity care.


E.A. CONWAY FAMILY PRACTICE
Program Director: Donald N. Givler, J., MD
PO Box 1881
4864 Jackson Street Monroe, LA 71210

Contact: Donald N. Givler, Jr, MD, 318-330-7650

Offered to: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4-8 weeks
Includes: Advanced obstetrics
Elective Offered To: All family practice residents regardless of state
Benefits: Housing, meals
Liability Insurance Provided: Yes
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes


FAMILY MEDICINE SPOKANE
Program Director: Gary R. Newkirk, MD
Fifth and Brown Medical Center 104 West 5th, Suite 200W
Spokane, WA 99201-4839

Contact: Robert K. Maudlin, PharmD, 509-624-2313

Offered To: PGY1, PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: Low-risk experience with approximately 30 deliveries. In hospital night call, 12 times during rotation. FP, OB, perinatologist, senior family practice resident supervision Elective Offered To: Washington-state family practice residents only
Benefits: Meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: No


MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY PRACTICE Program Director: Randy Pearson, MD
B 100 Clinical Center East Lansing, MI 48824

Contact: Barb Supanich, RSM, MD, Associate Chair, Clinical Services, 517-353-0852, Barb.Supanich@ht.msu.edu

Offered To: Medical students (student elective), PGY2 and PGY3 (resident elective) Duration: 4 weeks (student elective), 8 weeks (resident elective) Student Elective Includes: Advanced family practice perinatal skills
Resident Elective Includes: Advanced obstetrical skills, including cesarean section skills, advanced vaginal deliveries, and management of complex obstetrical patients
Elective Offered To: Family practice residents and medical students regardless of state Benefits: Housing-conditional, meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes


ST MARY'S HOSPITAL FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Program Director: Abbie Jacobs, MD
122 Clinton Street Hoboken, NJ 07030

Contact: Abbie Jacobs, MD, 201-418-3125

Offered To: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: Cover prenatal patients in our FPC, take part in deliveries, and postpartum care. Work with family physicians, midwife, and OB faculty.
Elective Offered To: All family practice residents regardless of state
Benefits: Meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: No


SANTA ROSA FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGAM
315 N. San Saba, Suite 1000
San Antonio, TX 78207

Contact: Susan A. Crockett, MD, Director of Maternity Services, 210-704-3753

Offered To: PGY3 Duration: 4 weeks Elective
Includes: At least 50 deliveries a month, normal pregnancy management and delivery skills, high-risk obstetrics, cesarean sections, family practice role models, complicated OB clinic
Elective Offered To: Family practice residents and medical students regardless of state Benefits: No information available
Liability Insurance Provided: No information available
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes


SELMA/DALLAS COUNTY FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM Program Director: Boyd L. Bailey, MD
429 Lauderdale Street
Selma, AL 36701

Contact: Linda Barnes, 334-875-4184

Offered To: PGY1, PGY2, PGY3 Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: Management of antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum care of OB patients. Assist C-sections and repair episiotomies.
Elective Offered To: In-state family practice residents only
Benefits: Housing, meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes


UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA FAMILY PRACTICE CENTER
Program Director: Larry O. Halvorson, MD
1300 South Columbia Road, Suite 100
Grand Forks, ND 58201

Contact: Larry O. Halvorson, MD, 701-780-6810

Offered To: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes:
Provides experience in the management of normal labor and delivery, high-risk experience, first assist all C-sections.
Elective Offered To: All family practice residents in good standing who are graduates of US medical schools
Benefits: Housing, meals
Liability Insurance Provided: Yes
Temporary Licensure Required: No


UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER/HIGHLAND HOSPITAL FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Program Director: Stephen H. Schultz, MD
Highland Family Medicine
777 South Clinton Avenue
Rochester, NY 14620

Contact: Nancy Phillips, 585-279-4840

Offered To: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 2-4 weeks
Includes: 75 percent of our residents do obstetrics within the residency training program Elective Offered To: All family practice residents regardless of state
Benefits: No information available
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: No


UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENCY
Program Director: Maureen P. Strohm, MD
1414 South Grand Avenue, Second Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Contact: Francesca Taylor, MD, 213-742-5952

Offered To: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: 40-50 deliveries, surgical assisting, colposcopy, and ultrasound training. Elective Offered To: All family practice residents regardless of state
Benefits: Housing, Meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: No


WAUKESHA FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Program Director: Richard B. Lewan, MD
210 NW Barstow Street Waukesha, WI 53188

Contact: Richard B. Lewan, MD, 414-548-6907

Offered To: PGY2, PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: Excellent experience with strong exposure to operative OB (especially vacuum) Elective Offered To: All family practice residents regardless of state
Benefits: Housing: conditional, meals
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes


WEST SUBURBAN FAMILY PRACTICE RESIDENCY PROGRAM
Program Director: Kathy Walsh, MD
7411 West Lake Street
River Forest, IL 60305

Contact: Carol Anglet, 708-488-2335

Offered To: PGY3
Duration: 4 weeks
Includes: Underserved obstetric community, combined maternal-child health experience. Elective Offered To: In-state family practice residents only
Benefits: No information available
Liability Insurance Provided: No
Temporary Licensure Required: Yes

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