1. To Fourth Year and Beyond Selecting your fourth year clerkships Cathy Callahan, MD FACOG

2. Who is going to help me?! Your faculty advisor Dr. Callahan, Chair for OB-GYN ccallaha@vcom.vt.edu Office hours: by appointment Clinical faculty ( see list of e-mails)

3. Objectives of fourth year rotations Decide if OB is for you Work with a resident team Learn about OB-subspecialties Learn material not covered in OB-residency Audition (and try-out) residency programs

4. Class 2014 Submit Fourth Year Schedule DUE April 19, 2013 through Dec DUE Nov 15 full academic year Medical Selectives (2 months) Surgical Selectives (2 months) Emergency medicine (1 month) Electives (4 months) –Audition months Research/Scholarly Activity

5. Submit Fourth Year Schedule Recommended Medicine Selectives (2 months) –Radiology-imaging of the abdomen and pelvis –Infectious disease with special emphasis on STI –Neonatal intensive care (2 weeks) –Pathology (cytopathology)

6. Submit Fourth Year Schedule Recommended Surgical Selectives (2 months) –Obstetric anesthesia –Surgical critical care –Urogynecology –Gynecological oncology –Plastic surgery

7. Submit Fourth Year Schedule Electives –Research –Audition month –International underserved care Make sure you are in the states for Match Day! –OB-GYN subspecialties Maternal fetal medicine Reproductive endocrinology Urogynecology GYN oncology

8. Submit Fourth Year Schedule Electives: Audition rotations –Minimum of two audition rotations –August rotation should not be your first choice program –Osteopathic programs want to see you rotate –Allopathic programs know that most students who match with them will NOT have rotated at their program.. Thus do not have to rotate at first choice program