Physician - Resource

• Position: Per Diem OBGYN Physician

OB-GYN Physician Coverage Program

Endeavor Health

2024

OB Coverage Program

Resource Physician (RP) Responsibilities - Days, Nights, Weekends, Holidays

The Resource Physician is responsible for enhancing the safety of our patients, providing excellent clinical care and actively participating in the ongoing education of our learners in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Availability Arrive on time to begin your shift. If there is an unavoidable delay, contact the RP on duty to arrange for continuous coverage until your physical arrival on the unit.

Safer Healthcare Duties Function as special teams member. The RP is a member of the OB Hemorrhage/Rapid Response Team, will carry that pager during assigned shift and respond to all events as requested.

Participate in Team Briefings and Debriefings. The RP will participate in Briefings in the morning, evening and as indicated. The RP will also participate in debriefings following an event or as requested.

Serve as the Team Leader for staff in L&D (see 1F above).

Teaching Activities Participate in Resident sign-out. RP will participate at resident sign-out at 0700 and 1800 on weekdays and 0900 and 1800 on weekends.  Follow-up on any inpatient GWS patients with the GYN team.

Round on inpatients. Make inpatient rounds every morning for the day shift RP on OBS and GWS patients, supervising the residents and students.

Seek opportunities to teach and include the residents and students in patient care.

Additional Physician Teaching Responsibilities for the Weekday Daytime RP

Attend scheduled weekly conferences with residents and students whenever possible (Perinatal conference, Grand Rounds, etc.)

Participate in article discussion at Wednesday resident presentations. The PGY-3 resident on night float rotation presents an article from the list on the educational depot or an article suggested by the RP. The presentation follows Resident Rounds at 0730 and the RP acts as a discussant.  The article should be available to the RP prior to Rounds and the presentations should take approximately 10 minutes.

Meet with all available residents for GYN rounds Monday and Friday afternoons – as arranged with the residents. This may include a review of patients currently in the hospital or case presentations and should include relevant diagnostic studies and pathology review whenever possible.

Participate in periodic performance reviews for appropriate department members.

Evaluate all learners on the OB and GYN service. At the completion of each rotation RPs are responsible for completing evaluations for residents and students with whom he/she has interacted.

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