Women's Health Advanced Training Program

Each week trainees will spend three to five half-days caring for patients in the office. The remaining five to seven half-days will be filled with trainees activities including, but not limited to, Specialized Training (in Women’s Mental Health, Adolescent Gynecology, Urogynecology, Breast Disease, Endocrinology, Adolescent Health, Pulmonary Diseases, Women’s Heart Disease, Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Continuing Medical Education Activities), and Research (approximately one half-day per week, depending on needs). Trainees are responsible for the women’s health focused days, usually one time per month on a Saturday, at the student-run free clinic in Pinckney, Michigan. Trainees provide training and assistance for pre-clinical and clinical students. Other faculty members can provide coverage for this service. Please know that if obstetrics is not a part of the trainee’s program then there are no call responsibilities. Saturdays and non-traditional hours are dictated by the trainee’s appointment in Family Medicine and the student-run free clinic.

It is the goal that the trainee will submit at least one paper for publication or one abstract submission to a national meeting. Often trainees arrive with research works in progress, which can be continued at Michigan Medicine. In addition, trainees will have opportunities to submit their research to national meetings.

Educational opportunities primarily involve teaching medical students in the outpatient and inpatient settings, as applicable. Lectures to residents vary by fellow given their area of clinical study. All fellows will present at Family Medicine Grand Rounds and Obstetrics & Gynecology Grand Rounds during the course of their training. Finally, each trainee will present a breakout session at the Primary Care of Women’s Conference in December which is co-presented by Obstetrics & Gynecology and Family Planning. 

The Department is home to 10 Board-certified and non-Board certified clinical and research fellowships in obstetrics and gynecology. To promote cross-specialty collaboration, all trainees take part in our Michigan Medicine Didactic Curriculum. These are ½ day educational seminars on numerous topics relevant to clinical research and academic leadership.  Topics include research design and implementation, identifying funding opportunities, manuscript timelines and preparation, how to be an effective teacher, and employment contracts. In addition, the department sponsors social events for fellows and advanced trainees across all specialties to further encourage collaboration and to help fellows build both a professional and personal network.