The UW DFMCH Rural Family Medicine Obstetrics (FMOB) fellowship is a 24-month fellowship that provides needed surgical training and high-risk obstetrical experience for family physicians who plan to care for a rural population. The fellowship will also provide an opportunity for family physicians to enhance their clinical, teaching, scholarly, and leadership skills in obstetrics. Graduating residents and physicians with post-residency practice experience will be welcome to apply. The fellowship and grant will be coordinated by the DFMCH in collaboration with the UW OB-GYN department and multiple rural hospitals.

Goals

1. Manage low-risk and high-risk labors.
2. Attain competency in operative obstetrics, including cesarean section and instrumented deliveries. Obtain experience in D&C and tubal ligation. Provide post-operative care for such patients.
3. Provide competent prenatal care to pregnancies complicated by diabetes, hypertension, thyroid disease, substance use, and mental health disorders.
4. Stabilize and treat pregnant patients hospitalized for pre-term labor, pre-term rupture, pre-eclampsia, diabetes, and placental disorders.
5. Attain competency in performing dating, biometry and biophysical profile obstetric ultrasounds.
6. Attain competency in post-partum IUD and Nexplanon placement.
7. Counsel obstetric patients regarding genetic risk.
8. Maintain family medicine clinical skills.
9. Obtain the skills and comfort level to work in a rural setting upon graduation.
10. Develop and maintain competency in teaching obstetrics to family medicine residents.