Clinical Curriculum

First Year Residents

Your intern year establishes core clinical and surgical foundations across inpatient and outpatient women's health. You will develop hands-on competency in prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum care, while performing uncomplicated vaginal deliveries, primary Cesarean sections, and introductory gynecologic procedures including laparoscopy and hysteroscopy. Through dedicated training in ultrasound and routine ambulatory care, you will gain the fundamental skills and procedural confidence needed to thrive in senior residency.

PGY-1 Rotations

• Labor and Delivery – Kern Medical
• Clinic and Ancillary Services Experience – Kern Medical
• Nights – Kern Medical
• Emergency Medicine – Kern Medical
• Gynecology – Kern Medical
• Gynecologic Oncology – Kern Medical
• Surgical Intensive Care Unit – Kern Medical
• Jeopardy – Kern Medical

Second Year Residents

Second year builds on your core foundations, expanding your scope to high-risk antepartum care, complicated deliveries, and repeat or emergent Cesarean sections. You will advance your surgical skills through uncomplicated major and minor gynecologic operations, deeper ultrasound training, and comprehensive family planning services. Focused rotations in gynecologic oncology and maternal fetal medicine introduce essential subspecialty expertise to round out your clinical breadth.

PGY-2 Rotations

• Maternal Fetal Medicine – Kern Medical
• Gynecology – Kern Medical
• Clinic – Kern Medical
• Nights – Kern Medical
• Gynecologic Oncology – Kern Medical
• Labor and Delivery – Kern Medical
• Jeopardy – Kern Medical

Third Year Residents

Third year advances your clinical autonomy, focusing on high-risk antepartum management, complex obstetrical procedures, and refined ultrasound expertise. You will elevate your operative abilities through advanced gynecologic cases, minimally invasive approaches, and hands-on urogynecology testing and procedures.

PGY-3 Rotations

• Minimally invasive gynecologic surgery – USC Arcadia and San Gabriel Valley Medical Center
• Urogynecology – Kern Medical
• Gynecology – Kern Medical
• Labor and Delivery – Kern Medical
• Nights – Kern Medical
• Gynecologic Oncology – Kern Medical
• Maternal Fetal Medicine – Kern Medical
• Jeopardy – Kern Medical

Fourth Year Residents

As a chief resident, you will step into full clinical leadership, directing all aspects of patient care with faculty guidance while mastering advanced gynecologic surgery and complex obstetrical deliveries. You will serve as a primary mentor and educator, supervising junior residents and medical students in both the operating room and on the labor floor. This culminating year ensures you graduate fully confident and prepared for independent practice or fellowship training.

PGY-4 Rotations

• Complex Family Planning – UCLA
• Reproductive endocrinology and infertility – South Coast Fertility Specialists
• Breast surgery – Adventist Hospital Bakersfield
• Career planning and coding elective – Kern Medical
• Gynecologic Oncology – Kern Medical
• Labor and Delivery – Kern Medical
• Nights - Kern Medical
• Urogynecology – Kern Medical