Obstetrics

What is OB TRACK?

OB Track is an added longitudinal curriculum that goes hand in hand with your residency training. It does not take away, decrease, or limit any of the core ACGME requirements for family medicine residency, but supplements additional knowledge and clinical experience in obstetrics for those who want to practice obstetrics care in the future.

Who is eligible for OB TRACK?

All residents of the program in their 2nd and/or 3rd year of training are eligible to pursue track training. You have to be in good standing and carrying out your basic duties before applying. This will be an additional goal to achieve, but it will help you enrich your clinical and surgical skills in OB significantly. We will select two residents per class to enroll in the OB track.

Does Pomona Hospital Offer a good OB training experience?

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center offers an excellent opportunity for training and growth in obstetrics. We are among the highest-volume birth centers in California, delivering more than 5,000 babies per year. The family medicine residents will always have unopposed time on labor and delivery and will work with FM-OB faculty, In-House OB Laborists, and MFM specialists. Several of our own graduates are currently practicing obstetrics in our community and nationwide. You would be expected to complete 100-200 vaginal deliveries at the end of your training and assist in a minimum of 25-50 cesarean deliveries.

What is the outpatient experience for OB care during FM residency training?

All our FM residents are required to have their own continuity OB patients for prenatal care. Track residents will co-manage high-risk patients with fellowship-trained faculty. The Family Health Center offers a specialty MCH (Maternal Child Health) clinic where residents will get exposed to high-risk patients’ care, ultrasound basics, newborn procedures, and a lot more. We work hand in hand with Maternofetal Medicine, and we care for the vast majority of our own patients.