Residents' Papers GynecologyThe effect of training on the provision of elective abortion: A survey of five residency programs☆
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Material and methods
An anonymous pretested survey was mailed to graduates of five obstetrics-gynecology programs from 1989 through 1998. The Human Research Committee at the University of California, San Francisco, approved the study. We asked about demographic characteristics, residency training, and abortion provision. Factors that were associated with abortion provision were analyzed by Fisher exact test and the Student t test. Variables that were associated at a probability of <.1 in univariate analysis were
Results
We obtained current addresses of 262 of the 293 graduates; 161 physicians (61%) returned surveys. Most of the respondents were women who practiced general obstetrics and gynecology and who were in private practice (Table I).Characteristic No. (%) Female 113 (70) Married or cohabiting 138 (86) Children 111 (69) Religious affiliation 103 (64) Jewish† 26 (25) Protestant† 45 (44) Catholic† 25 (24) Practice details General
Comment
Almost one half of the surveyed physicians reported having provided abortions in the previous year; most respondents (58%) reported having performed abortions since residency. If we were to assume that all nonresponders had performed zero abortions, the percentage of those physicians who had provided first-trimester abortions in the last year would decrease from 46% to 28%, second-trimester abortions from 26% to 16%, and since residency from 58% to 36%. Even with this adjustment, these numbers
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Reprint requests: Jody Steinauer, MD, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco General Hospital, 1001 Potrero Ave, Ward 6D, San Francisco, CA 94110. E-mail: [email protected]