You teach obstetrics to medical students, residents, or fellows — covering pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the clinical reasoning specific to obstetric care. Half academic faculty, half practicing or recently practicing obstetrician.
Most days tend to involve a blend of classroom teaching, clinical supervision, and continued clinical practice — leading didactic sessions, supervising learners in clinic, on labor and delivery, or in the operating room, and seeing your own patients. You'll often spend part of the time on scholarly work that academic appointments expect.
The harder part is often balancing the multiple demands of teaching, clinical care, and scholarship simultaneously in a specialty where on-call work and procedural volume both matter. You'll typically work with learners at varied levels of readiness in a setting where patient outcomes matter heavily.
People who tend to thrive here are clinically expert, patient teachers, and comfortable with the long arc of training in a procedural specialty. The trade-off is the salary differential with private OB practice and the cumulative work of academic responsibilities alongside on-call clinical work. If you find satisfaction in shaping the next generation of obstetricians, the work can carry meaning that pure clinical practice doesn't.
Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.
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You teach obstetrics to medical students, residents, or fellows — covering pregnancy, labor, delivery, and the clinical reasoning specific to obstetric care. Half academic faculty, half practicing or recently practicing obstetrician.
Median pay for an Obstetrics Teacher is about $106K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $52K to $208K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Reading Comprehension, Instructing, Speaking, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking.
Most people in this role hold a master's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 17.3% through 2034, with roughly 229,720 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Health Teacher, First Aid Teacher, and Clinical Instructor.
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