“Choosing Mass General Brigham for my residency has to be one of the easiest decisions I’ve made so far in my medical career. From day one, it was clear to me that this is a program committed to training great surgeons, compassionate physicians and tireless advocates for our patients. I was inspired by the groundbreaking research and dedication to evidence-based medicine that is at the core of every patient interaction here. It’s been thrilling to not just learn the guidelines, but to implement them next to the people that wrote them.

I knew I wanted a residency program that was focused on teaching, and that expectation has been surpassed with the exponential daily growth I’ve experienced. It’s been a pleasure to continuously learn from our incredible attendings, fellows, nurses, PA’s, and midwives. Most importantly, I’m continuously inspired by the talent, passion, and generosity of my co-residents. My classmates are 10 people that I know I can call for at any moment for any reason and they will be there. And for all of that, I feel so incredibly fortunate."

-Pepe Muniz Rodriguez, MD - PGY 2
 

The quote from Dr. Muniz Rodriguez voices what many of our residents feel. While residency is busy it is also a very rewarding time of your career. At the end of training in our residency program, our graduates have demonstrated achievement in the following areas:

• Competency in the provision of surgical, medical and ambulatory health care for women.
• Ability to effectively educate his/her patients, medical students, colleagues, and others in the health care profession as well as lead medical teams.
• An awareness of cultural humility and structural competency, with clear understanding of the psychosocial responsibilities of an obstetrician-gynecologist as a part of the greater community as a whole.
• Competence in advanced surgical skills, with the knowledge and technical abilities to manage both routine and unusual problems in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Participation in clinical and/or basic science research; most residents contribute this new knowledge in the arena of women's health through the dissemination of their research in national forums.
• Knowledge and comfort with the various subspecialties, with an appreciation of reasons for referral of patients who would benefit from additional expertise.
• The development of tools to critically analyze the medical literature, and a commitment to life-long learning with personal responsibility toward one's own continued education.
• Competence (as consistent with one's personal and moral conviction) in the surgical and medical management of first and second trimester pregnancy termination, and the ability to manage complications of abortion
• Facility with the management of gynecologic and psychosocial problems of a pediatric and adolescent population.
• An understanding of the importance of informed consent, documentation and practice of a code of medical ethics that challenges each resident to strive for professional excellence, self-discipline, and human concern in his/her practice of medicine.