The role of the Obstetrician is to bring their Obstetric skills to the management of women with medical comorbidities in pregnancy to ensure a global management plan ensuring medical, obstetric and fetal issues are addressed. All Obstetricians will have some experience in General Medicine gained prior to training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. The Core Curriculum in Obstetric training includes general experience in patients with co-morbidities in pregnancy together with opportunities to gain specific experience from involvement with specialist combined clinics.

Obstetric trainees who wish to develop a more detailed knowledge can choose suitable modules in Pregnancy Care and/or Maternal Medicine in the new Specialist Interest Training during their ST5-ST7 years in the programme. The proposals for these modules can be found on the RCOG website and are in the process of ratification with the GMC for implementation by August 2024.

For Obstetricians who want to lead Maternal Medicine Centres and Networks there is also the opportunity to progress to Subspecialty Training in Fetal and Maternal Medicine, the syllabus for which is also available on the RCOG website.

Multidisciplinary Training

SWL & SH is at the forefront of delivering multidisciplinary training and is well regarded for its Tools for Practice Series.