OBG 402 - High Risk Obstetrics - Advanced Clerkship

The student will participate in the care of the high risk obstetrical patient, working directly with the faculty members of the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and the residents on the Academic Obstetrics Service at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. In-patient care is stressed. However, the student will attend patients at a weekly high-risk clinic and participate in outpatient high risk ob clinic and ultrasound. At the completion of the elective, the student should have an understanding of the approach to diagnosis (including special laboratory and ultrasound) and decision-making in complicated obstetrics.