BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Family planning is among the most common services family physicians provide. Evidence that family doctors are not offering the broadest range of these services prompted this study of family planning training in family medicine residency programs. METHODS This study was a cross-sectional survey of program directors and chief residents at US family medicine residencies...

Clearly, the prevention and management of unintended pregnancy are primary health services needed by the majority of women of reproductive age, as well as many comparable men. The training that family physicians receive in family planning and first-trimester abortion is critical, yet few studies have investigated these aspects of their education. The Council on Residency Education in Family Pra...

BACKGROUND The goal of this study was to assess the impact of formal opt-out family planning training on clinical competence in uterine evacuation. STUDY DESIGN Residents who participated in newly established, routine opt-out family planning training completed surveys before and after their rotations. The surveys asked residents to report clinical experience and competence in family planning....

The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2002: 28(4) The need for training in family planning to move away from an apprentice system to a more formal modality with a broad perspective on the discipline was given much consideration in the middle of the 1970s.1 The specialty of obstetrics and gynaecology had been primarily surgical until developments in gynaecological endocrino...

BACKGROUND To determine whether training of providers participating in franchise clinic networks is associated with increased Family Planning service use among low-income urban families in Pakistan. METHODS The study uses 2001 survey data consisting of interviews with 1113 clinical and non-clinical providers working in public and private hospitals/clinics. Data analysis excludes non-clinical ...

This study evaluates the effect of a nurse training program in family planning counseling skills on the quality of service delivery at the clinic level, as well as its impact on client compliance with prearranged appointments. The study used a quasi-experimental design to compare certified nurses who received six weeks of family planning technical training with certified nurses who, in addition...

OBJECTIVES To elaborate the impact of family planning training on general practitioners' knowledge, attitude and practices regarding emergency contraception. METHODS A cross sectional survey involving 270 general practitioners was conducted in Hyderabad from 1(st) Oct to 31(st) Dec 2010. Participants were divided into two groups on the basis of attending family planning training course after ...

Maternal mortality remains a huge problem in the developing world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.1 According to the World Health Organization, efforts intended to decrease maternal deaths need to recognize and address unsafe abortions as a significant contributor to the high rates of maternal mortality found in developing countries.2,3 In Africa, where abortions are highly restricted, 680 wo...