OB-GYNE

OB-Gyne

               

“ A baby is something you carry inside you for nine months, in your arms for three years , and in your heat until the day you die. “                                                                                                    -Mary Mason

My fourth rotation as a clinical clerk was OB-Gyne. They said that it was one of the toxic rotation during clerkship.  It was different compare to other rotation because in OB, you will be in charge of the patient from emergency room until the patient ad mitted. It was a hard rotation since you need to know the normal pregnancy, different complications of pregnancy, and different gynecologic problems.

At first, we were oriented about the whole 2 weeks of rotation in OB-Gyne. A bioethical topic was also discussed to us about terminating an uncomplicated ectopic pregnancy. After the orientation, the whole batch went to GEAMH for a tour and orientation. We will have a 2 weeks rotation on the said hospital. On our duty, we were in charge of all OB-Gyne cases that was admitted in the hospital.  Since it is the month of December, there were only few patients who were giving birth at this time. We were very benign and we only have 3-5 admissions per day. Also, we don’t have so much endorsement with the consultant since they were on vacation. The cases that I handled were abnormal uterine bleeding secondary to uterine polyps or myoma, high-risk pregnancies, and ovarian cancers.

During preduty, we were in charge of the OPD department. We were handling non-high risk pregnancies, high risk pregnancies and gynecologic cases during Fridays. Also during pre-duty, you will have a chance to rotate in OB ultrasound and OB pathology department. There were a lot of learning since the things that you only read in the books were experiencing and seeing actual.

The most favorite rotation that I had was when I was in GEAMH. We were like a real doctors since we are the one who delivered babies unassisted. We were also able to do perineal suturing alone. That time, I realized the things that we don’t experience in UMC were being done in GEAMH. I also saw the difference between private and public hospitals.