BACKGROUND: Three family medicine residency programs in California integrated abortion training into routine gynecology rotations in academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. METHODS: Forty-six (88%) of 52 eligible residents participated in the abortion training sessions. Of these 46 residents, 39 (85%) chose to perform abortion procedures, and seven residents elected to provide other aspects of patient care only. RESULTS: Resident evaluations of the training program were overwhelmingly positive. Moreover, two thirds of the 43 post-training survey respondents reported that the training program increased their interest in providing abortion services, and no resident reported decreased interest. The resident complication rate was 1.0%. In post-procedure surveys completed by 155 patients at two training sites, patients reported a high level of satisfaction with the care they received from the training team. CONCLUSIONS: These program evaluation results suggest that abortion training can safely be integrated into family medicine residency programs, with a positive reception by both residents and patients.
BACKGROUND: Three family medicine residency programs in California integrated abortion training into routine gynecology rotations in academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. METHODS: Forty-six (88%) of 52 eligible residents participated in the abortion training sessions. Of these 46 residents, 39 (85%) chose to perform abortion procedures, and seven residents elected to provide other aspects of patient care only. RESULTS: Resident evaluations of the training program were overwhelmingly positive. Moreover, two thirds of the 43 post-training survey respondents reported that the training program increased their interest in providing abortion services, and no resident reported decreased interest. The resident complication rate was 1.0%. In post-procedure surveys completed by 155 patients at two training sites, patients reported a high level of satisfaction with the care they received from the training team. CONCLUSIONS: These program evaluation results suggest that abortion training can safely be integrated into family medicine residency programs, with a positive reception by both residents and patients.
Authors: Wendy V Norman; Edith R Guilbert; Christopher Okpaleke; Althea S Hayden; E Steven Lichtenberg; Maureen Paul; Katharine O'Connell White; Heidi E Jones Journal: Can Fam Physician Date: 2016-04 Impact factor: 3.275
Authors: Ian M Bennett; Margaret Baylson; Karin Kalkstein; Ginger Gillespie; Scarlett L Bellamy; Joan Fleischman Journal: Ann Fam Med Date: 2009 Nov-Dec Impact factor: 5.166