Administrator Banuchi Posted January 22, 2007 Administrator Share Posted January 22, 2007 Arrowhead OB/GYN PA Residency Program Department of Women's Health 400 North Pepper Avenue Colton, CA 92555 Program Director: Christine Sims, PA-C, MMS Contact: Jasmine Cervenka - Cervenkaj@ARMC.sbcounty.gov 909-580-6320 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: This is a 12-month full-time postgraduate residency program offering intensive training in inpatient and outpatient obstetrics and gynecology. The program is housed at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center and Riverside County Regional Medical Center which are two of Southern California's premier teaching hospitals each with over 350 beds, approximately 3,600 obstetrical deliveries per year, and more than 30,000 visit encounters to the hospital's outpatient women's health center annually. The PA residents are trained along with the OB/GYN physician residents, working 70-80 hours per week, and are exposed to the management of complicated and non-complicated antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, postoperative, acutely ill, and well OB and GYN patients. Upon completion of this residency, the PA should be competent in performing vaginal deliveries, 1st assisting in Cesarean deliveries and gynecological surgeries, and performing colposcopies and other common gynecological procedures. CURRICULUM: The didactic portion consists of daily morning rounds, biweekly lectures by attending physicians, monthly journal clubs, morbidity and mortality conferences, assigned readings, and self-directed learning. The clinical portion consists of training and experience in labor and delivery, obstetrical ultrasound, L&D triage, ER consults, OR assisting, and the management of high and low risk obstetrical and gynecological patients. COSTS/BENEFITS: There is no fee or tuition for the program. Benefits include a stipend, malpractice insurance, medical insurance, 15 days vacation, and 50 hours of Category I CME. Housing and the initial on-site interview expense are the responsibility of the resident. CREDENTIALS AWARDED: Upon graduation from the residency, the physician assistant receives a Certificate of Completion of a Postgraduate OB/GYN Residency from Riverside County Regional Medical Center. APPLICANT QUALIFICATIONS: Graduate from ARC-PA accredited Physician Assistant program California State Licensure or eligible for California State Licensure NCCPA certification ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS: Completed application Curriculum Vitae Personal Statement Three letters of recommendation National certifying examination scores Copy of PA Program diploma/certificate Copy of PA education transcript Copy of current CPR certification Copy of California State Licensure On-site interview Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. Once your complete application is received, you will be contacted to schedule an interview. Class seating's will be staggered througout the year. FOR MORE INFORMATION AND AN APPLICATION PACKET, PLEASE CONTACT: Jasmine Cervenka, Dept. of Women's Health 400 N. Pepper Ave. Colton, CA 92324 909-580-6320 Cervenkaj@ARMC.sbcounty.gov Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laharvill Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 If anyone would like the real scoop on this residency, let me know. I will be graduating in 5 weeks. So worth it....I have delivered almost 300 babies in the past 11 months (vacuum deliveries, c-sections, normal vaginal deliveries). Not to mention managment of many high-rist antepartum, peripartum, and postpartum patients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 10, 2007 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2007 does paul still work there? he was one of my students years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9hughes Posted August 10, 2007 Share Posted August 10, 2007 Don't mean to be ignorant...but does an OB-GYN residency like this make more of a place for PAs in labor and delivery than one would otherwise have? I'm about to begin rotations, and we have been told repeatedly that the PAs role in an OB-GYN practice is NOT in labor and delivery: that nurse midwives fill that need and PAs function primarily in antepartum and postpartum care. I don't think I can possibly know what I want to do until I get out there in rotations, but this attitude has already kind of turned me off from thinking about OB-GYN, because I feel if I were to do it I'd want to be involved in labor and delivery. Thanks for the info--and congrats Laharvill on being almost done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 10, 2007 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2007 there are a number of pa's who do l+d. it has traditionally been a field for midwives but if you want to do l+d this residency would make it happen for you. I have a former student who went through this program who does full time ob l+d + o.r. 1st assists for c-sections and other ob procedures. check out the obgyn specialty group at aapa.org for a list of places that pa's work on l+d services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k9hughes Posted August 11, 2007 Share Posted August 11, 2007 Thank you! I'll check it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laharvill Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Paul does still work here. Just saw him last week. As for PAs on L&D.....that's primarily the reason I did the residency was to be able to deliver, take call, and 1st assist. Does this mean that when I graduate I will automatically be able to go to any state and immediately obtain delivery priveleges. No, it's something that not all states are currently allowing, because, really, would you want to graduate from school and start delivering babies without experience doing so in many different laboring situations. I know I didn't. However, now I feel very comfortable with normal and high-risk deliveries. When I am done, I will have to petition the state board of medical examiners for priveleges and have an attending physician willing to help me obtain those. Things are looking promising. I'll let you know more once I have priveleges in Georgia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
familygal Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 This sounds very interesting. How many PA residents do they take each year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest facio57 Posted December 7, 2007 Share Posted December 7, 2007 i'm pretty sure they take 2 each year ... a couple of my classmates loved their ob/gyn rotation and are set to apply ... its a good program but you will work your butt off at those two hospitals. the ob/gyn attendings at RCRMC are awesome, seriously, so smart and laid-back at the same time. ~facio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest laharvill Posted December 12, 2007 Share Posted December 12, 2007 it is a varying start and each session usually starts 2 PAs. They currently have 5 PA residents. One will be graduating in January, the other 4 graduate in June. Last I heard, they had a least one or two slated for a jan/feb start. Before I graduated, we had 7 PA residents for 2 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willis Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 There were some posts back in december of last year about the OBGYN residency in SoCal. I am very interested in applying and had some questions regarding job opportunities after residency. Anyone working in l+d, first assisting in surgeries, and/or taking call? These are my main interests. I'm curious as to how you found jobs allowing you these privileges? I'm not super interested in just outpatient obgyn...anyone have any info? Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
queenofhearts Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I wanted to bump this thread up, and see if we can get some current perspectives about this residency and the experiences in it? Anyone recently complete or know someone who completed this post grad residency program? What did they get to do? Schedule like, etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gloriarpac Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 I am a PA in OB/GYN in a hospital with huge demands for PAs in labor & delivery, especially with the residency reduced hours. I was curious do you think there is a demand for another residency program in NY/ East coast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted March 23, 2011 Moderator Share Posted March 23, 2011 there is a pa obgyn residency in nyc at montefiore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I wanted to bump this thread up, and see if we can get some current perspectives about this residency and the experiences in it? Anyone recently complete or know someone who completed this post grad residency program? What did they get to do? Schedule like, etc? If you or anyone elsel have questions regarding the residency feel free to call me at (909) 580-3458 or email me at acresearch08@yahoo.com. I am the new PA Residency Coordinator! Soon I will post a new page for this program. Kind regards, Kristin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted March 15, 2012 Share Posted March 15, 2012 I wanted to bump this thread up, and see if we can get some current perspectives about this residency and the experiences in it? Anyone recently complete or know someone who completed this post grad residency program? What did they get to do? Schedule like, etc? If you or anyone elsel have questions regarding the residency feel free to call me at (909) 580-3458 or email me at acresearch08@yahoo.com. I am the new PA Residency Coordinator! Soon I will post a new page for this program. Kind regards, Kristin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 New program website:[TABLE=width: 195] [TR] [TD]http://obgynpa.sharepoint.com/ [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Check out our new website [TABLE=width: 195] [TR] [TD]http://obgynpa.sharepoint.com/[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Or find us at facebook.com/paresidencyobgyn.armc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Check out our new website [TABLE=width: 195] [TR] [TD]http://obgynpa.sharepoint.com/[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Or find us at facebook.com/paresidencyobgyn.armc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristin Batla PA-C Posted June 7, 2012 Share Posted June 7, 2012 Check out our new website [TABLE=width: 195] [TR] [TD]http://obgynpa.sharepoint.com/[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Or find us at facebook.com/paresidencyobgyn.armc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitou Posted January 18, 2018 Share Posted January 18, 2018 Sorry for the necro bump. Curious to see if any other active PA can chime in on this and their experience in OB/GYN. Definitely a field I'm interested in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlteredBeast Posted January 19, 2018 Share Posted January 19, 2018 I Don't do OB but I rotated through RCRMC and there were 2 PAs working there at the time who went through the residency. One was up in L&D first assisting and floor work, the other stuck to the clinic mostly. You will get WORKED if you do any fellowship/residency at arrowhead or RCRMC, think 80 + hours per week. That's what I experienced as a student and witnessed in the PA fellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellek Posted March 26, 2019 Share Posted March 26, 2019 Does anyone know what the acceptance rate is like for this fellowship? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funinthesun Posted May 13, 2019 Share Posted May 13, 2019 On 8/9/2007 at 9:08 PM, Guest laharvill said: If anyone would like the real scoop on this residency, let me know. I will be graduating in 5 weeks. So worth it....I have delivered almost 300 babies in the past 11 months (vacuum deliveries, c-sections, normal vaginal deliveries). Not to mention managment of many high-rist antepartum, peripartum, and postpartum patients. I know I am years later but I was hoping if anyone can give me an idea of the schedule for the OBGYN residency and acceptance rate please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJBPAC Posted May 25, 2022 Share Posted May 25, 2022 Wondering if anyone who has completed this fellowship in the last two years can provide insight into the program? I am going to be applying soon. Thanks! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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