“My S got to “deliver” 3-4 (I don’t remember exact number now) babies in his OB/gyn clerkship. (Also let’s not exaggerate S’s role, he was mainly the catcher who after dad cut the cord S carried newborn to table for nurses to attend to.) But what if those 4 babies turned out to be C sections. Then S may have got to scrub in and watch 4 C sections, but he would have “delivered” 0 babies during his OB/gyn clerkship. What if it had been 2 deliveries, 2 C sections. You just can’t make generalizations about unique experiences.”
The specific personalities of the attendants make a big difference too. One rotation might be with an attending who gives students a lot of independence. One might be with an attending who doesn’t. As with anything, experiences will differ.