Previous studies have shown that the percentage of family physicians attending deliveries decreased steadily from 2000 to 2010.1,2 This decline occurred specifically in family physicians providing low-volume (one to 25 deliveries per year) and medium-volume (26 to 50 deliveries per year) obstetrics, whereas the percentage practicing highvolume obstetrics (more than 50 deliveries per year) remai...

In the United States, according to almost every measure, we do not have enough trained maternity care providers to meet the need. Family physicians are the logical choice to help provide that care, particularly in underserved settings. Advanced training through family medicine obstetrics fellowship programs has proven successful in preparing physicians to provide the full scope of maternity car...

Cesarean delivery is a frequent, easily obtainable, and meaningful event in obstetrics that has frequently been used as a quality indicator. However, its utility as a widespread marker of quality has several limitations. The cesarean delivery rate does not account for variation in levels of maternal care with varying maternal and fetal conditions. Attempts to risk adjust with the nulliparous, s...

Starting in 1929, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was a professional association of physicians in the UK that aimed to improve the care of women in childbirth through training and education and to establish obstetrics and gynecology as a medical specialty. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has contributed to women's reproductive health by fostering rese...