This came up in a discussion recently, and somehow I'm having a hard time finding the answer on google, which is usually easy, as to what kind of training is required for a doctor to perform abortions. Namely how many hours/days/weeks the training is. Anyone know? A link would be preferable. btw, in case anyone is going to guess at it, the training isn't given in medical school.
No, I "know" that it isn't given in medical school because multiple reputable sites have said that it isn't.
My understanding is that one may 'shadow' the procedure in medical school and a D&C is taught, but the actual training for an abortion is in OB/GYN residency. No resident is ever required to participate however.
Though there are a few training programs out there, they are generally not advertised or highlighted due to the dangers created by protesting. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...community-s-hidden-abortion-training-war.html The sweet and loving Christians are intimidating so many aspiring medical professionals that medical care is suffering and womens health is compromised...thus do we see some trying to fight the degradation of care. http://www.msfc.org/abortion-training/
...In 1995, with new studies showing how low the training rates for residents had fallen, the National Abortion Federation, with M.S.F.C. as an ally, began pushing for change. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education which represents the medical establishment decided, for the first time, to make abortion training a requirement for all OB-GYN residency programs seeking its accreditation. The anti-abortion movement tried to smother the new mandate. The following year, Congress passed the Coats Amendment, which declared that any residency program that failed to obey the Accreditation Councils mandate could still be deemed accredited by the federal government. But the council had spoken, and medical schools and teaching hospitals listened. Today, about half of the more than 200 OB-GYN residency programs integrate abortion into their residents regular rotations. Another 40 percent of them offer only elective training... - http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/18/magazine/18abortion-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
When my brother went through med school in the early 1990s, you had the option to learn about abortion if you chose an ob-gyn rotation. But I think the actual training occurs during residency, if the doctor chooses ob-gyn as a specialty.
So it's only OBGYN's that get it, and it isn't mandatory? I was curious about the length of training that they get specifically for how to perform an abortion and deal with complications. My friend had this idea that all doctors should be required (regardless of specialty) to get training for it. I figured it'd be a waste of time and resources because the vast majority wouldn't do them anyway, and I assumed the training to perform an abortion and handle complications took more than a week. he seemed to have the idea that the training is quick and easy, I assumed it isn't. If it is quick and easy to learn, I don't see why it wouldn't be easier and cheaper to open the training up to nurses. But I imagine it's an OBGYN thing for a reason.
Correct. Though in my personal opinion it should be a standard part of training for all OBGYN's as it can never be known when it may be required especially in an emergency situation. It should have the same emphasis as any other procedure provided by OBGYN's. I have no idea how quick and easy it is to learn.
It's been suggested before that because of the shortage of abortion doctors, nurses should be trained and licensed to perform them. There's no reason that can't work, remember that before RvW, members of the Jane Collective learned to perform them. https://books.google.com/books?id=a...w to do abortions for Jane Collective&f=false
It's worth remembering that abortion refers to several quite different clinical or surgical procedures. Here (and I suspect in the US too) medical staff are trained for them in exactly the same way they're trained for any other clinical or surgical procedures. That's not just for doctors actually performing them but also other staff assisting and supporting them (nurses, pharmacists, anaesthetists etc.). From a medical point of view, there is no reason to treat abortion procedures differently and I think it requires great care and consideration when social and political issues impact on medical practice as it can and does in these circumstances.
Late-term abortion isn't all about saving lives, you know. There are numerous other reasons abortions may be performed that have little to nothing to do with health of the mother.
It isn't about saving lives? Prove it. What NUMEROUS late term abortions are performed that have nothing to do with the health of the mother? Could be health of the fetus, too.........so? That doesn't change a thing....every doctor should know how to perform an abortion...it's a medical procedure.
Could be the parents don't believe their 16 year old daughter is ready to have a baby—even though she already has one that's kicking around inside her. It's not necessarily even the girl's "choice" either.
The parents would be right, but it isn't their choice. The choice belongs to the woman alone, even if she is a minor. And, btw, there is no "baby" inside her.
I said, Prove it, not make up more of your silly scenarios that have NOTHING to do with what we were discussing........
A doctor who performs abortions is simply a doctor who performs abortions there is nothing special or different about a doctor who performs late-term abortions . .you inane comment could be said about any doctor who specializes in any form of surgical procedure.
