University of Texas at Austin Dell Medical School Program

Program Identity & Fit

Dell Medical School's OB/GYN residency is a young, academic, university-affiliated program built around a "systems-ready leader" identity, training five residents per year across a safety-net and tertiary care mix: Dell Seton Medical Center (Austin's only Level I trauma center, urban and safety-net oriented), Ascension Seton Medical Center (labor and delivery, gynecologic and MIS surgery), CommUnityCare FQHC network (complex obstetric/gynecologic referral care for underserved, low-risk community clinics), and Dell Children's Medical Center for pediatric/neonatal subspecialty exposure. Research is structurally embedded rather than optional: a longitudinal, required research curriculum begins in intern year with formal coursework in epidemiology and study design, protected PGY-2/3 research time, and a PGY-4 research day presentation. The program layers a health-systems-science track (Advancing Care Transformation, with an optional Distinction in Care Transformation for one selected intern per year) onto standard clinical/surgical training (FLS certification, robotic/MIS/open skills, ultrasound curriculum), signaling that it values residents interested in quality improvement, health equity and systems leadership alongside clinical competence, preparing graduates for either general OB/GYN practice or fellowship.