Here are a few things to help you while on the rotation. First, stop by our fetal monitoring web page and do the self-guided tutorials. This well help you understand fetal tracings.
Then, check out these articles on howardisms that are designed for students:
- What Should Be Done At The Yearly Visit?
- What Should Be Done At The Postpartum Visit?
- What Should Be Done At Routine Prenatal Visits?
- What Birth Control Should I Prescribe?
- How Should I Do A Breast Exam?
- How Do I Make a Differential Diagnosis? Or, Pelvic Pain
- How Do I Diagnose a UTI?
- How Do I Diagnose Ruptured Membranes: Bayesian Statistics at its Best
- Which Drug Should I Prescribe?
- How Do I Know if a Study is Valid?
Here’s a slide set about how to do a pelvic exam.
And here’s something I call the Howard Zones. This is a chart that shows the basic management of several obstetrical diagnoses, according to gestational age. The four zones are A (37-41 weeks), B (34-37 weeks), C (24-34 weeks), and D (less than 24 weeks). There is some blur, but basically the management of many diagnoses change depending on the zone.
If you’re done with the basics, here’s some more stuff you might find useful from howardisms:
Vaginal Hysterectomy
- Simplified Vaginal Hysterectomy
- Four Tips For Vaginal Hysterectomy
- To Cysto or Not To Cysto….
- Four Tips for a Non-Descending Uterus
- What’s Old Is New Again
Obstetrics/Gynecology
- What Should Be Done At The Yearly Visit?
- What Should Be Done At The Postpartum Visit?
- What Should Be Done At Routine Prenatal Visits?
- How Do I Make a Differential Diagnosis? Or, Pelvic Pain
- Important Paper: The PORTO Study
- Do The NHS Birth Recommendations Have Meaning for The US? Or, The Safety of Home Birth
- What Does the T in TVH Stand For?
- How Should You Date A Pregnancy?
- How Do I Diagnose a UTI?
- Prenatal Antidepressants and Autism? Mi dispiace!
- The Real Risks of Hormone Replacement Therapy
- Post-Tubal Ligation Syndrome (Or, Post-IUD Syndrome)
- What Birth Control Should I Prescribe?
- One Too Many?
- Will The Real Cowboy Please Stand Up? Harmful Practices and Harmful Culture in Ob/Gyn
- To Induce or Not To Induce: The 39 Weeks “Debate” (Part 1)
- To Induce or Not To Induce: The 39 Weeks “Debate” (Part 2)
- To Induce or Not To Induce: The 39 Weeks “Debate” (Part 3)
- Should We Administer Betamethasone to Women at Risk of Late Preterm Birth?
- Reducing Cesareans Infographic
- How Should I Do A Breast Exam?
- Is Hydration Useful for the Management of Oligohydramnios? Or Should We Even Care?
- Magesium Part 1: To Prevent Maternal Seizure
- Magnesium Part 2: To Prevent Preterm Labor
- Magnesium Part 3: To Prevent Cerebral Palsy
- Lessons Learned From Magnesium
- Sample Operative Notes
- When Did Breastfeeding Become a Disease?
- Secrets of the Menstrual Cycle
- Paved With Good Intentions … Or, How Do I Do a Vaginal Delivery?
- Data Dreams
- An Air of Legitimacy, A Hindrance to Progress
- OB Potpourri 3.0
Surgeries