A family medicine training collaborative in early abortion
Ian Bennett1, Margaret Johnson, Justine P Wu
1Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283, USA. ian.bennett@uphs.upenn
Objectives:
This study's objective was to assess participation and perceived benefits of abortion training among residents at programs with integrated early abortion care.
Intervention:
We developed a collaborative early abortion training network.
Results:
Residents at training sites had high participation (71%) and were more likely to report familiarity and comfort with providing early abortion care than comparison sites. Residents reported benefits to overall training (78%), satisfaction (55%), and plans to provide abortion care (40%).
Conclusions:
This collaborative abortion training program was valued by residents and was associated with greater self-assessed skills and positive attitudes toward providing early abortion care than at comparison sites.
