Pre-requisite: PGY-2 level or above
Duration for Elective: 2 or 4 weeks
Rotation Director: Katherine Gassman, DO
Educational Objective
To Provide the GME learner with rural family medicine experience with an emphasis on women’s health, prenatal care, obstetrics, newborn care at a critical access hospital.
Experiences and Procedures
- Work 3 days in the Women’s Health Center seeing a variety of primary care, prenatal and postpartum appointments, and well child appointments.
- Be able to participate in office gynecology procedures including IUD and Nexplanon inserts/removals, colposcopy and LEEP procedures, endometrial biopsies and cervical polyp removals.
- Take obstetric and pediatric call with fellowship trained Family Medicine/Obstetrics providers. Participate in vaginal deliveries, assist on c-sections, perform newborn/nursery care, perform circumcisions.
- Ability to work with pregnant patients with substance use disorder and community programs that offer support to pregnant patients and new parents
- Precept third year medical students with prenatal/postpartum appointments, labor management, newborn exams
Housing
Mount Desert Island Hospital has recently built the Kogod Center, a new on-site housing facility. The building provides an extended learning experience with living and eating spaces alongside organized seminars in the evening. Learners each have their own bedroom and bathroom with shared cooking and living spaces. MERGE learners are billed a discounted rate of $375/week for lodging. Reimbursement may be available through the MERGE Collaborative per the MERGE Housing Reimbursement Policy.
