Maternity Care

Dr. Millard with twins
she delivered.

Overview

Our goal is not to graduate "mini-obstetricians", but to produce family physicians skilled at appropriate labor management and knowing WHEN to intervene. All residents receive a basic training in obstetrics. Interested residents take an additional elective in maternity care.

	Five of our family physician faculty do obstetrics
	Some of our graduates do obstetrics (we can let you talk to some, if you want)
	No obstetrical residents to compete with
	Supportive OB environment
	Longitudinal 1st Year training

Our residents staff the Pregnancy Care Center (Healthy Beginnings). With back up from community obstetricians and faculty family physicians, they provide prenatal and postpartum care, follow the patient's labor and deliver them. The residents assist at C-sections and tubal ligations. Last year the Pregnancy Care Center had over 300 deliveries.

Residents also care for "private" patients in the AFP office. Supervised by family practice faculty, the resident cares for the same patient and does the delivery.

As an important part of our maternity care curriculum, the residents take the ALSO course (Advanced Life Support Obstetrics) offered by our faculty.

Family Centered Maternity Care Conferences
Family Practice faculty meet with residents on obstetrics to review material and discuss a family practice approach to maternity care.

Call
Two residents alternate days covering Labor and Delivery during the day. At night the on-call intern covers Pregnancy Care Center deliveries and helps the Senior on-call with medicine. Alternate days are spent in the Pregnancy Care Center and at the AFP office. The Maternity Care residents take turns rounding on weekend mornings.

Other Teaching Resources

We highly recommend the annual Family Centered Maternity Care Conference sponsored by the AAFP in July every year. See the AAFP web site.