Obstetrics

What is Obstetrics (OB) TRAC?

OB TRAC, or Obstetrics Targeted Resident Area of Concentration, is an added longitudinal curriculum that goes hand in hand with your residency training. It does not take away, decrease, or limit the core ACGME requirement for family medicine residency. Still, it supplements additional knowledge and clinical experience in obstetrics for those who want to practice obstetrics care in the future.

Who is eligible for OB TRAC?

All residents of the program in their 2nd and/or 3rd year of training are eligible to pursue TRAC training. You must be in good standing and fulfilling 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 TRAC.

Does Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center offer a good OB training experience?

Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center provides an excellent opportunity for training and growth in the area of obstetrics. We are among the highest delivering birth centers in California, with more than 5000 deliveries 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 Family Medicine (FM) residency training?

Our FM residents are all required to have their own continuity OB patients for prenatal care. TRAC 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.