Residency Clinical and Surgical Experience

Resident Surgical Experience

Please see below for the median graduating senior resident-reported performance as primary surgeon, and UW's national percentile rank for each procedure.


Surgical Procedure2022-23  Median2022-23 Percentile2021-22  Median2021-22 PercentileACGME Minimum Required
Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery23958%24858%200
Cesarean Delivery24486%26788%145
Operative Vaginal Delivery2492%3694%15
Obstetric Ultrasound6528%8753%50
Abdominal Hysterectomy2757%2340%15
Vaginal Hysterectomy1867%2172%15
Laparoscopic Hysterectomy11597%7283%15
Total Hysterectomy16494%12179%85
Incontinence & Pelvic Floor Procedure3253%3761%25
Cystoscopy7185%8790%10
Laparoscopy9656%8028%60
Hysteroscopy8880%8877%40
Abortion9294%14499%20
Transvaginal Ultrasound6462%6257%50
Surgery for Invasive Cancer5583%5070%25
Total Robotic Procedures3336%2022%0

Rotations are 4-8 weeks in duration.

PGY-1

Obstetrics Meriter Hospital
Obstetrics St. Mary's Hospital
Obstetrics Night Float Meriter Hospital
Gynecologic Oncology UW Hospital
Benign Gynecologic Surgery Meriter Hospital
Family Planning & Ambulatory Clinics Various sites
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility UW Health Generations Fertility Care

PGY-2

High-Risk Obstetrics Meriter Hospital
High-Risk Obstetrics Night Float Meriter Hospital
Obstetrics Night Float St. Mary's Hospital
Benign Gynecologic Surgery Meriter Hospital
Gynecologic Oncology UW Hospital
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility UW Health Generations Fertility Care
Family Planning & Ambulatory Clinics Various sites

PGY-3

Gynecologic Oncology UW Hospital
Benign Gynecologic Surgery Meriter Hospital
Urogynecology Meriter Hospital
Gynecologic Oncology Night Float UW Hospital
Obstetrics St. Mary's Hospital
Obstetrics Night Float Meriter Hospital
Jeopardy/Elective Various sites
Family Planning & Ambulatory Clinics Various sites

PGY-4

Obstetrics Meriter Hospital
Obstetrics Night Float Meriter Hospital
Benign Gynecologic Surgery Meriter Hospital
Benign Gynecologic Surgery St. Mary's Hospital
Ambulatory Clinic Resident Continuity Clinic
Jeopardy UW Hospital; Meriter Hospital
Float Various sites

Residents participate in their own continuity clinic (RCC) throughout residency. PGY-1 residents attend RCC twice weekly during their Ambulatory Clinic block. PGY2-4 residents have a half-day of RCC every week during all rotations except for night float and the PGY-4 OB chief block.

As part of the continuity clinic, residents see patients presenting with obstetric and gynecologic needs. Patient volume and complexity per clinic session is tailored to PGY level, and advances with each year of residency.

During the PGY-4 year, each resident will spend two blocks serving as the dedicated RCC Clinic Chief, where they assume responsibility for managing the clinic's EHR in-basket (phone calls, patient messages, and results), coordinating care for patients, and helping to supervise junior residents in clinic. They also attend ultrasound clinic, office hysteroscopy clinic, and colposcopy clinic during this ambulatory rotation.

The mission of the University of Wisconsin Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health is to improve the health and quality of life for people across the reproductive life span. Our residents learn to provide all aspects of this clinical care, including abortion, family planning/contraception, care for complex pregnancies and miscarriage management.

Following the Dobbs decision, which temporarily ended the provision of most abortion services across the state of Wisconsin, we partnered with an out-of-state program to ensure that our residents continued to receive exceptional, hands-on abortion care training. While we regret the need for this partnership, we are deeply grateful for what became an incredibly valuable and popular education experience for our residency. As of 2024, our residents currently receive abortion training both here in Wisconsin as well as in Illinois. We are committed to upholding transparency about how the legal landscape has affected (and will continue to affect) our residents' education, and we welcome your questions.

Our residents are fortunate to participate in a wide variety of clinics and surgical experiences that provide them with additional exposure to subspeciality care in OB-GYN, beyond the standard rotations. These clinics provide focused education in pediatrics and adolescent gynecology (PAG), vulvar disorders and disease, vulvar/vaginal and cervical dysplasia, gender affirming care, early pregnancy assessment, and minimally invasive gynecology.