• A broad-based clinical experience in general and sub-specialty Obstetrics and Gynecology, including ambulatory and primary care aspects
• Opportunities to become skillful in the performance of surgical and technical procedures related to our specialty
• Graded responsibility and interpersonal skills suitable to become an effective and compassionate physician

These training goals are accomplished by providing complete clinical experiences on a variety of hospital and ambulatory services. Residents, faculty and nursing specialist form functional patient care teams in these settings. Faculty play the role of senior consultants with Chief Residents being responsible for patient management decisions and coordinating the energies of each team. Formal and informal teaching by residents and faculty takes place daily and is geared towards the junior learners on the service. Residents are assigned graded clinical/teaching responsibilities as they progress through the program. Our faculty prides itself on balancing resident autonomy with active faculty supervision.

Residents rotate on both inpatient and outpatient services. The Obstetrics service/rotation provides antepartum, intrapartum and postpartum care for both high-risk and normal pregnancies. Residents are exposed to genetics, sonography, critical care obstetrics, vaginal and operative delivery and a wide variety of antepartum complications during this rotation.

The General Gynecology service provides operative and consultative services for the University. During this rotation, residents gain experience in exploratory laparotomy, total abdominal hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy, vaginal hysterectomy and salpingo-oophorectomy,.  They become proficient in minimally invasive procedures including operative hysteroscopy, laparoscopic pelvic surgery (including suturing and knot-tying), single site surgery, and robotic pelvic surgery.  As residents gain experience and demonstrate competence, they will evolve to performing procedures as primary surgeon or completing skills on a laparoscopic trainer according to the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery guidelines. 

Additional educational experience offered during the Gynecology rotation include the following:

• Pediatriic and Adolescent Clinic: With the addition of Dr. Afriyie-Gray to our faculty, residents are assigned to pediatric and adolescent clinic to learn statagies for examining and providing care for the pediatric gynecology patients, including the common issues of this patient population and the multidisciplinary approach needed for the care of these patients.
  
  
• Hines VA Ambulatory Clinic : Under the direct supervision of Dr. Freager Williams, the Tuesday Hines VA clinic allows residents to treat women in the military service for gynecologic care and extensive contraceptive management, oupatient surgical procedures and major gynecologic surgeries.
  
  
• Loyola Sexual Wellness Program: This program was established by Dr. Mary Lynn in affiliation with LUMC's Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences faculty to assist couples experiencing intimacy problems in their relationships. Residents work with LUMC therapists to provide couples counseling sessions in an effort enhance their relationships and work through their behavioral and/or physicial problems that are affecting their relationships.

The Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery rotation provides a three month-long experience in surgical and non-surgical urogynecology during which the resident will advance their knowledge of this subspecialty and function under the supervision of the FPMRS faculty, fellows and staff.  During this rotation, the resident acquires the skills necessary to evaluate and treat women with routine pelvic floor disorders, including urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, and pelvic organ prolapse.  In addition, the resident learns to assist with care of tertiary care patients, while gaining an understanding of appropriate indications for subspecialty consultation.  Residents develop competence with performance of a comprehensive new patient evaluation, in order to determine whether empiric treatment or further evaluation is necessary to plan treatment.  Residents will gain experience with patient counseling regarding first-line treatment options, including midurethral sling and common primary prolapse procedures. 

The Gynecologic Oncology service provides multi-disciplinary care for the oncology patient and residents are exposed to radical procedures, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and breast management. Residents are also expected to participate in ambulatory faculty clinics during their respective sub-specialty rotations.

The Maternal-Fetal Medicine resident rotation provides an educational and clinical experience in which the resident is introduced to the sub-specialty of high-risk obstetrics, including the variety of medical maternal complications and perinatal genetic diagnosis, as well as the critical care of complex perinatal complications. At the end of the rotation, residents will be have develop clinical skills in taking an extensive medical, genetics and surgical history of the high-risk obstetrical patient and be able to effectively manage patients with a history of preterm birth, abnormal fetal growth, multiple gestations, and patients with pre-existing medical conditions such as: insulin dependent diabetes, chronic hypertension, thyroid disease, cardiovascular disease, pulmonary disease, and renal disease.

The resident on the Reproductive Endocrinology service rotates between the two campuses. Residents are exposed to the proper evaluation of the infertile couple, interesting endocrinopathies and management of the postmenopausal woman. Training in operative laparoscopy/hysteroscopy, pelvic reconstruction and assisted reproductive technologies in provided on both an in-patient and ambulatory basis.

The Family Planning rotation provides the LUMC Ob/Gyn residents with the comprehensive educational skills needed for the management of contraception and family planning as described within the context of the ACGME core competencies. PGY 2 and PGY 3 residents are assigned a one to two month rotation under the direct supervion of the University of Illinois faculty.

The Resident Continuity Clinic program provides a dedicated ambulatory experience for resident education at Loyola. This daily resident-managed clinic functions on a par with private faculty clinics. Residents actively practice to primary care, routine and high-risk prenatal care, colposcopy, sonography and sub-specialty gynecologic services under faculty supervision. A faculty consultant attends each clinic session to review patient care plans and teach ambulatory concepts.