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The Journal of the American Board of Family Practice 18:223-228 (2005)
© 2005 American Board of Family Practice

Special Communication

An Enhanced Obstetrics Track for a Family Practice Residency Program: Results from the First 6 Years

W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS, Jim Nuovo, MD, Blanca Solis, MD, Kristine Ewing, MD, Heather Diaz, MD and Lloyd H. Smith, MD, PhD

From the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California

Correspondence: Address correspondence to W. Suzanne Eidson-Ton, MD, MS, Department of Family and Community Medicine, UC Davis, 4860 Y Street, Suite 2300, Sacramento, CA 95817 (e-mail: wetona.eidson-ton{at}ucdmc.ucdavis.edu)

Background: Advanced training in obstetrics for family physicians occurs through a variety of methods. The program described has developed an obstetrics track for family practice residents.

Methods: Five residents have completed the 4-year residency program with enhanced obstetric training developed, and the results, in terms of procedural experience and examination scores, have been reviewed.

Results: These 5 family physicians performed a similar number of obstetric procedures compared with their Obstetrics and Gynecology resident counterparts, and they performed as well as their family medicine resident counterparts on national in-service examinations.

Conclusions: A 4-year enhanced obstetrics track is an effective means of improving the training of family medicine residents in obstetric procedures while maintaining the other fundamental training and residency review committee requirements for family medicine residents.






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