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An OB/GYN is a doctor that specializes in women's health. OB/GYN's care for the many biological occurrences within a woman's body, such as female reproductive system, menstruation, childbirth, and menopause.

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What Type Of Education Does This Career Require?

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What Type Of Education Does This Career Require?

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- Four years undergraduate in science or medicine (bachelor's degree)
- Four years of medical school (doctorate)
- Pre-medical courses in general chemistry, organic chemistry, physics, and biology
- Successful completion of United States Medical Licensing Examinations
The amount of time it takes to complete all of these task can take more than eight years.

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How Much Money Do You Need to Spend to become an OB/GYN?

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How Much Money Do You Need to Spend to become an OB/GYN?

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Item          Cost per year         #years of school            Total cost
Tuition           $17,324                         4                             $69,296
Room             $10,808                         4                             $43,323
Other              $5,300                           4                             $21,200
Total cost for college =  $133,728

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Entry Level- Most of the work you do will be under the supervision of a senior since you will only have one to two years of experience
Median Level- During this stage of being an obstetrician gynecologist, you will be doing more work individually. At this period of time you will have three to five years of experience.
Advanced Level- At this point in time, you will have your MD and doctorate. And will already have six to ten years of experience.

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Basic Skills

Reading comprehension

Active listening

Writing

Speaking

Science

Critical thinking

Active learning

Learning strategies

Monitoring

Transferable Skills

Diagnosing diseases and disorders

Giving health care instructions

Giving injections, drugs, and other medications

Investigating data to solve problems

Managing and directing people and programs

Observing and analyzing physical problems

Planning health care treatments

Treating physical or mental problems

Using medical or dental instruments to treat patients

Working as a member of a health services team

Workplace Skills

Coordination

Instructing

Management of personnel resources

Negotiation

Persuasion

Service orientation

Social perceptiveness

Systems analysis

Systems evaluation

Time management

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Entry Level: $200,848-233,276
Median Level: $233,277-268,895
Advanced Level: $268,896-373,429

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(interview from https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/medical-school-admissions-doctor/2012/05/29/follow-a-day-in-the-life-of-an-ob-gyn )
6:00 a.m. — Alarm rings. Time to prepare for a potentially long day and night. OB-GYNs frequently take 24-hour shifts, and today it's my turn.

8:00 a.m. — Patient hand-off. I call the OB-GYN who was on duty yesterday for an update. If there are no gynecological surgery cases, such as a scheduled C-section, I typically go to outpatient clinic. The hospital is relatively quiet today, so it's off to clinic for me. This also means I get to eat breakfast.

8:30 a.m. — At the clinic, we usually see routine gynecologic cases, such as annual exams and infections, for Medicaid and uninsured patients in the area. Our patients generally lack reliable access to care, so we often act as their primary care providers. Thankfully, we have a multidisciplinary integrated care model, so patients can easily access other specialties.

10:00 a.m. — I get paged to the emergency room to see a 30-year-old woman, who is 30 weeks pregnant. The patient arrived at the hospital after waking up in a pool of blood at home. I see her name on our list of high-risk OB patients, so I call the ER with standard trauma orders to keep her stable until I arrive.

10:15 a.m. — I race from the clinic to the hospital, and thankfully the bleeding has slowed to a trickle. Paramedics report about a liter of blood loss, so I check the status of the fetus. We discuss blood transfusions, and she appears hesitant. She eventually agrees to receive blood only if her life is in immediate danger. We also discuss the modes of delivery she may need. Given her current hemodynamic (blood flow) stability, we admit her to the hospital for observation.

12:00 p.m. — A scheduled C-section on a 26-year-old. In her third pregnancy, the patient has requested tubal sterilization, so we prepare for this as well.

2:00 p.m. — My resident and I finish the C-section. I get called on a 20-year-old, who, at 41 weeks, needs labor induction. I examine her and give inducing medications over the next 24 hours.

3:15 p.m. — I grab a quick bite to eat during a brief lull.

4:00 p.m. — Rounds on the maternity ward. Many patients with male newborns request circumcision, so after obtaining consent I perform any circumcisions requested.

6:00 p.m. — Quick check on the patient who was bleeding earlier. Her bleeding has stopped, but I plan for further observation.

7:00 p.m. I make it home to catch dinner with my family, which is waiting for me. I hope for a quiet night while I'm on call.

10:00 p.m. I get a call from the clinic's labor and delivery unit about an 18-year-old who is contracting every two minutes. The nurse says she is not dilated, but she asks for my recommendations. I instruct her to start intravenous fluids and testing to assess risk for pre-term delivery.

10:45 p.m. — Follow-up call on the 18-year-old, who is still contracting. I review her test results remotely and determine it's safe to administer medications to stop her contractions.

11:30 p.m. — Another follow-up call on the 18-year-old. The medication is effective, and the patient stops contracting. Fetal monitoring is normal. Her risk for pre-term delivery is low, so we send her home with an appointment to return within the week.

3:00 a.m. — A colleague wakes me up with the news that a patient is in active labor, so it's time to drive back to the hospital. It seems there is always a delivery in the middle of the night!

8:00 a.m. — Time to hand off these cases to my colleagues. I check in briefly with the higher-risk cases, and then it's time to go home and rest.

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Nurse Midwife
Provide the mother with individualized education, counseling, and prenatal care, continuous hands-on assistance during labor and delivery, and postpartum support
Ultrasound Technician
An ultrasound technician is also known as a diagnostic medical sonographer. They are often part of the routine prenatal care of a woman and her unborn child.
Doula
A doula is not a nurse, but a labor coach, offering non-medical support to a mother throughout the labor and delivery process.

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High salary
-Obstetricians belong to one of the most highly paid occupations in the nation
-According to a Medscape survey ob ob/gyns, the median income of a gynecologist in 2012 was $242,000. About 25 percent of ob/gyns take home $300,000 or more while 10 percent or so earn $100,000 or less, Medscape says

Positive Outcomes
-Helping children come into the world can be a great source of satisfaction for obstetricians
-You get to watch first-time parents go from 'what do I do with this kid?' to 'Yeah, I think we're ok. Thanks for checking though.'
-You get to teach new moms (and dads) how to care for the life entrusted to them
-You get to see daddies hold their babies for the first time and cry

Specializations
-Opportunity to specialize in a particular area, providing different challenges in your career should you become ready to try something new

Employment
-Employment for gynecologists is projected to grow by 18 percent between 2012 and 2022, which is faster than average compared with other professions, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Long Irregular Hours
-Obstetrician gynecologist have unpredictable hours. Their schedule includes a lot of waiting for their patients to go into labor. It’s their job to guide their patients through the entire labor process, which can take many hours, so their schedule is subject to change at any time.
-They may need to work nights, weekends and even on holidays
-Not much time to spend with your family

Job Competition
-All medical professions are competitive, however obstetrician and gynecology is extremely competitive.
-There are usually always more applicants than the available positions

Controversial Decisions
-An OB-GYN must remain objective when treating patients, even if they don't agree with their decisions

Gender Bias
-While a male OB-GYN is a trained professional, he may have to deal with patients who believe he cannot provide the same level of care as a female doctor. Other people may question why he chose to work in a position that treats only women. It can be very frustrating to be met with such doubts when you’re just trying to do your job.
Preparation
-Gynecologists must spend significant amounts of time and money completing education and training requirements before entering the field