首页    期刊浏览 2024年11月13日 星期三
登录注册

文章基本信息

  • 标题:Maternity Care Tracks at US Family Medicine Residency Programs
  • 本地全文:下载
  • 作者:Steven E.Roskos ; Tyler W.Barreto ; Julie P.Phillips
  • 期刊名称:Family Medicine
  • 印刷版ISSN:0742-3225
  • 电子版ISSN:1938-3800
  • 出版年度:2021
  • 卷号:53
  • 期号:10
  • 页码:857-863
  • DOI:10.22454/FamMed.2021.237852
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
  • 摘要:The number of family physicians providing maternity care continues to decline, jeopardizing access to needed care for underserved populations. Accreditation changes in 2014 provided an opportunity to create family medicine residency maternity care tracks, providing comprehensive maternity care training only for interested residents. We examined the relationship between maternity care tracks and residents’ educational experiences and postgraduate practice. METHODS: We included questions on maternity care tracks in an omnibus survey of family medicine residency program directors (PDs). We divided respondent programs into three categories: “Track,” “No Track Needed,” and “No Track.” We compared these program types by their characteristics, number of resident deliveries, and number of graduates practicing maternity care. RESULTS: The survey response rate was 40%. Of the responding PDs, 79 (32%) represented Track programs, 55 (22%) No Track Needed programs, and 94 (38%) No Track programs. Residents in a track attended more deliveries than those not in a track (at Track programs) and those at No Track Needed and No Track programs. No Track Needed programs reported the highest proportion of graduates accepting positions providing inpatient maternity care in 2019 (21%), followed by Track programs (17%) and No Track programs (5%; P<.001). CONCLUSIONS: Where universal robust maternity care education is not feasible, maternity care tracks are an excellent alternative to provide maternity care training and produce graduates who will practice maternity care. Programs that cannot offer adequate experience to achieve competence in inpatient maternity care may consider instituting a maternity care track.
国家哲学社会科学文献中心版权所有