Curriculum

At-a-glance rotation totals

First year

• High-Risk Clinic: Fellows rotate with faculty daily to familiarize themselves with program (One month)
• Ultrasound: hands on training in obstetrics and gynecologic ultrasound, color and pulsed doppler application, fetal echocardiography, as well as ultrasound guided invasive (One months)
• Labor and Delivery: management of labor and delivery of high risk pregnancies (One month)
• Intensive Care Unit: hands on experience in the medical ICU on critically ill patients (One month)
• Genetics: rotation with genetic counselors and management of fetal malformation (Two months)
• Elective: may be used for research, labor and delivery, outpatient clinics, ultrasounds or other approved activity (One month)
• Antepartum: manage the antepartum unit along with supervising faculty (Two months)
• Research: research activities in the field of maternal-fetal medicine, resulting in a thesis for the graduating fellow (Two months) 

Second year

• Research: Research activities in the field of maternal-fetal medicine, resulting in a thesis for the graduating fellow (10 months)
• Elective: May be used for research, labor and delivery, outpatient clinics, ultrasounds or other approved activity (One month)
• Antepartum: Manage the antepartum unit along with supervising faculty (One month)

Third year

• Block A: Daily rotations on ultrasound, continuity clinic, Newport News office and research (Five months)
• Block B: Daily rotations on ultrasound, continuity clinic, Virginia Beach office and research (Four months)
• Labor and Delivery: Management of labor and delivery of high risk pregnancies (One month)
• Antepartum: Manage the antepartum unit along with supervising faculty (One month)
• Elective: May be used for research, labor and delivery, outpatient clinics, ultrasounds or other approved activity (One month)