Residents as role models: the effect of the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship on medical students' career interest.

Background: Medical students' choice of residency specialty is based in part on their clerkship experience. Postclerkship interest in a particular specialty is associated with the students' choice to pursue a career in that field. But, many medical students have a poor perception of their obstetrics and gynecology clerkships.

The effect of student gender on the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship experience.

Objectives: To explore the effects of the students' gender on their perception of quality and quantity of teaching, the amount of experiential learning, and their interest in obstetrics and gynecology.

Methods: Anonymous, self-administered surveys to third-year medical students rotating on the obstetrics and gynecology clerkship.

Results: Eighty-one of 91 students participated (89% response rate): 33 men, 46 women, 2 declined to reveal their gender.

Cervical cancer screening in pregnancy.

Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy diagnosed during pregnancy. Nearly 3% of cases of newly diagnosed cervical cancer occur in pregnant women, probably because it is one of the few cancers for which screening is part of routine prenatal care. The prevalence of abnormal Pap test results in pregnancy does not differ from the age-matched nonpregnant population.

Colposcopically obtained images of vulvar, vaginal, and cervical epithelium for assessment of safety of intravaginal agents among normal adolescent females: comparison with in vivo exam and interobserver agreement.

Objectives: This study was designed to assess identification of epithelial abnormalities of both in vivo examination as compared with colposcopically obtained images and interobserver assessment of the same images of the lower genital tract in healthy women.

Materials And Methods: Ninety women between the ages of 14 and 21 years were recruited for a phase II trial of a vaginal Lactobacillus crispatus capsule. All women underwent a baseline and 1-week colposcopic examination.