Ob-Gyn Recruitment: The Blitz

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Ob-Gyn Recruitment The Blitz

• Barbara Hoffman MD
• Mary Jane Pearson MD
• Susan Cox MD

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The problem
Not enough people choosing our team!!!
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Trends

• Decreasing interest in Ob-Gyn
• Decreasing number of US Graduates filling the
  PGY1 positions
• Increasing number of women
• 1975 - 16
• 2002 - 73
• 2004 - 75

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Ob-Gyn PGY1Positions filled
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Recent Ob-GynPGY1 Filled by US SeniorsNRMP Adv
Tables Residency Match
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Ob-Gyn PGY1 Filled by Females NRMP Adv Tables
Residency Match
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2003 IMG in Ob-Gyn PGY 1n 198
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2003 Residency Compositionn 4681
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Why are we in this pickle?
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Physician Career SatisfactionOb Gyn n 479
31/33 Gyn n 44 33/33
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Very satisfied
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Dissatisfied !!!
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The UT Southwestern Blitz
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The Bench
Faculty Residents Private practice
gynecologists Nurse practitioners Nurse midwives
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Ground gaining plays

• Womens Health Interest Group (WHIG)
• Improved clerkship quality
• Aggressive recruitment
• Preparation for Match

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Scouting the minor leagues
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When Do Students Make Career Choice Decisions?
Source AAMC Graduation Questionnaire 1995
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WHIG
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WHIG

• Student Interest Group
• Originally started in 1997-8
• Revitalized in 2002
• WHIG Quarterly Series
• Bill Griffith MD Elysia Moschos MD
• All medical students invited

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Topics20023

• Contraception in America
• Malpractice in Perspective
• Science of the Pap Smear
• Mentorship Program

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Topics2003-4

• HIPAA History
• Residency Nuts and blots of selection
• Cesarean Section Past and Present
• What is an Ob Gyn

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WHIGtopic Oct 2004

• "Oprah, HBO, and Cosmo How Our Popular Media
  Portrays Female Sexuality"

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Scouting the majors
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Quality of Educational Experiences During
Third-Year Clerkships
Source AAMC Graduation Questionnaire 2004
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Quality of Educational Experiences During
Third-Year Clerkships
Source AAMC Graduation Questionnaire 2004
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Clerkship Enhancements

• Dedicated gyn faculty
• Expanded lecture series
• CD ROM
• Web-based
• Pocket guide
• Online clinical case vignettes
• Southwestern Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery

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The draft.
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Preparation for Matchmeetings

• March/April of MS3 Year
• How to Pursue a Residency
• What you need to do
• 4th year schedule
• Electives here away
• Letters of recommendation
• Adviser
• June
• Recently matched students The Process

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Preparation for Matchmeetings

• July
• The Map overview review US programs
• Comments from our applicants from past years
• General information weve learned from other CDs

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Residencies in Ob Gyn
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Preparation for Matchmeetings

• August
• Applicants information
• Review Personal Statement
• Letters of recommendation
• Top Programs
• Sept- Questions Answers (free for all)
• Dec- How are the interviews going?
• Jan- Post Interview Questions
• Feb- Pre-Match group Q A
• Mar- The Match

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The Result
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