Conferences, Rounds and Didactics

This is a weekly one hour conference geared toward the post residency physician. City-wide Grand Rounds covers a wide range of topics relevant to practicing OBGYNs. We will often host speakers from other specialities and institutions who are experts in their field.

Attendings, residents, medical students, and allied health professionals

Once a week on Wednesdays at 8am

We cover the entire Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) Educational Objectives over a two-year cycle during our GME grand rounds.

Lectures are presented by outside speakers, faculty and residents to ensure that you are exposed to all the core topics during your residency and to prepare you for the annual CREOG exam.

Once a week on Wednesdays

You will participate in a “boot camp” for new interns during your PGY-1 orientation.

Senior residents and faculty will work with you to reinforce your basic surgical skills, including suturing and knot tying.

Annually

In this seminar, you will be responsible for selecting and presenting an appropriate case or cases which pose ethical concerns. 

You may present the case in either a retrospective or prospective manner. Discussion of the medico-legal issues surrounding the case will also be included when appropriate.

Medical students in their third-year clerkship are also invited.

Twice yearly

During your PGY-2 and PGY-3 gynecologic oncology rotations at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, you will participate in the didactic material alongside the gynecologic oncology fellows.

During your PGY-1 through PGY-4 Millard Fillmore Suburban gynecology rotation, you will participate in weekly tumor board along with the gynecologic oncologist at MFSH.

Weekly

Our journal club improves your analytical skills and helps you stay current in the field.

In these sessions, residents will present two general OB-GYN or subspecialty articles, chosen by the chief resident and a faculty mentor, for critical review of research design, methodologies and statistical analysis.

The discussions serve to reinforce the concepts learned during the core lecture series.

Bi-Monthly on Wednesdays

This seminar provides insight in the area of medical jurisprudence. By using actual malpractice cases, you will acquire a basic understanding of the judicial process involved in medical malpractice litigation.

Annually

In this conference, held in collaboration with the Division of Neonatology within the Department of Pediatrics, select cases are jointly presented by the PGY-2 maternal-fetal medicine resident and the neonatology fellow.

Supervised by faculty from both departments, this conference is only attended by the presenting OB-GYN resident and maternal-fetal medicine faculty.

Monthly

You will have the opportunity to hear national speakers on a variety of topics. You also will be invited to attend the Buffalo Gynecologic and Obstetric Society’s dinner meetings.

Up to six times per year

These workshops provide progressive, graded instruction for training in the principles and practices of gynecologic and obstetric operative procedures.

Eight times per year on Wednesday mornings.

Behling Simulation Center and UB Rise Simulations Center - University at Buffalo Downtown Campus.

During this interactive lecture series, the focus is on presenting practical applications of research and statistics, with a particular emphasis on situations encountered by OB-GYNs.

Designed to teach lifelong learning skills about evidence-based medicine, these lectures teach the principles of good research design and practical use of data analysis and statistical methods.

Monthly

In conjunction with faculty and hospital administration, you will participate in quality improvement including the review of monthly statistics, identification of outliers and undesired outcomes.  The meeting will include SWOT analysis to identify root causes and ways to improve patient care.

Monthly

This series is designed to help residents with their transition after residency.  Topics include job searches, fellowships, contract negotiations, preparation for oral boards, malpractice and health insurance, billing and coding.

Six times per year

Each spring and summer, you will participate in a team-building retreat. Activities are set up by the residents and vary every year.

Twice a year (spring & summer)