BACKGROUND: Abortion is one of the most contested, yet common surgical procedures in
the United States and a required component of obstetrics and gynecology resident …

Objective To evaluate the current state of abortion training in Canadian Obstetrics and
Gynecology residency programs. Study design Surveys were distributed to all Canadian …

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to evaluate student attitudes toward the
inclusion of abortion education in the preclinical and clinical medical school curriculum and …

CONTEXT: Obstetrics and gynecology residents who are trained in family planning and
intend to provide abortions after residency often do not ultimately do so. The extent of the …

Context: Since the late 1970s, the number of obstetrics and gynecology residency programs
providing abortion training in the United States has steadily decreased. Given the …

BACKGROUND: Abortion provision remains threatened by the paucity of physicians trained
to provide them. Lack of training during residency has been cited by obstetrician and …

Methods This study was approved by the University of California, San Francisco Committee
on Human Research and conducted between August 2004 and June 2005. All 16 residency …

OBJECTIVE: To study abortion training in Canadian obstetrics and gynecology (ob-gyn)
residency programs. METHODS: An anonymous questionnaire was sent to all postgraduate …

Background Only 64% of obstetrics and gynecology program directors report routine,
scheduled training in abortion, despite the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical …

OBJECTIVE: To identify characteristics of programs which provide training in abortion, to
calculate the number of procedures done during training, and to compare the availability of …