University of Kentucky (KY)

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University of Kentucky (KY)

Program Type:
Residency in Women's Health

Date Established: 1999

Number of Positions: 4-6 per year

Duration of Program: 2-3 years

Sponsored by:
Department of Internal Medicine

Co-Sponsoring Institution(s)/Department(s)
School of Nursing

Contact(s):
Holly Pursley, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor
Associates in Women's Health
Department of Internal Medicine
K512 Kentucky Clinic
Lexington, KY 40536-0284
Telephone: (859) 257-5499
FAX: (859) 257-2605
E-mail: hgpurs0@uky.edu

Eligibility Requirement (s)
An applicant must be an Internal Medicine resident in good standing, with an interest in women's health.

Required Activities
Residents must treat patients in the Associates in Women's Health Clinic under the director of a women's health preceptor one afternoon per week for 2-3 years, attend monthly women's health grand rounds, and participate in a weekly evidence-based women's health pre-clinic conference.

Elective Activities
Elective activities include an ambulatory GYN elective, Urinary Incontinence Elective, and a research elective.

Special Degree(s)/Certificate(s) Offered
A certificate as resident in women's health is available.

Goals of the Program
"To provide residents with solid internal medicine training, with additional expertise in women's health. This expertise is evidence-based and is obtained through clinical experience. "

Other Program Features
None were specified.

Reason for Initiating Program
"This Women's Health track was started as part of an effort to provide specific education and clinical skills in women's health to internal medicine residents. Past surveys of both faculty and residents at our institution revealed a deficit in women's health knowledge, and a deficit of women's health topics in the traditional curriculum. Additionally, this women's health track is one facet of an expanding women's health curriculums throughout the entire medical center, as our University is the recipient of a multidisciplinary FIPSE (Fund for Improving Post-Secondary Education) grant to integrate women's health into the curriculum of health professionals."

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