The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists describe the scope of practice for this field as a discipline dedicated to the broad, integrated medical and surgical care of women's health throughout their lifespan. The combined discipline of obstetrics and gynecology requires extensive study and understanding of reproductive physiology, including the physiologic, social, cultural, environmental and genetic factors that influence disease in women.

This rotation came as a complete surprise. In what way? I absolutely loved it! This coming from the same girl that swore up and down that the female anatomy was not a place I wanted to get acquainted with nor had any good knowledge about. How wrong I was. I had the fortune (or misfortune?) of starting my first week on-call. The hours were varied and long. Delivered two babies by my second day and first assisted on a sacrocolpopexy by my third day. I knew I was going to have a tough 6 weeks ahead of me but I was energized about it every day. I think a lot of it has to do with the variety of cases as well as an amazing preceptor. The only downside was how extremely busy I was, I had to study for EOR at really odd times in the day. I would love to work with the same people or partners in the area but Ben and I are still talking about heading back to Texas. We shall see!

(...the post done?) YES! This has been sitting in the drafts for awhile because I've been swamped with finishing up my paper on end-of-life discussion and minority populations and simultaneously studying for my current rotation, General Surgery. I have some exciting new things to post about too (past-birthday celebrations and another Europe trip!) so this was all I could say about the rotation. Perhaps I'll come back in here to flesh it out more or write about it again? Who knows, my first job could still be in ob/gyne!

Next post soon!