Barriers Faced by Family Medicine Graduates Interested in Performing Obstetric Deliveries

Author(s)

Barreto, Tyler W, Eden, Aimee R, Hansen, Elizabeth Rose, and Peterson, Lars E

Topic(s)

What Family Physicians Do

Keyword(s)

JABFM Policy Brief, Maternity Care, and National Graduate Survey

Volume

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Fewer family physicians are providing deliveries, which raises concern for access to obstetric care. We found that among recent family medicine graduates who would like to do deliveries, difficulty finding a position that supports including deliveries was a major barrier.

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