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Home Research Research Library Who Will Deliver the Babies? Identifying and Addressing Barriers Who Will Deliver the Babies? Identifying and Addressing Barriers 2017 Author(s) Rayburn, William F Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine The policy brief in this JABFM issue reinforces the low percentage of new family medicine graduates who intend to perform obstetric deliveries, and that only 7% of all family physicians currently do so.1 These impressions, gathered from the American Board of Family Medicine Family Medicine Certification examination application questionnaire completed by applicants from 2014 to 2016, were also evident from publications by Nesbitt et al,2 Tong and colleagues,3 and Rayburn and associates,4 which span a 30-year period. ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2020 The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care Go to The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions 2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities
Author(s) Rayburn, William F Topic(s) What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Maternity Care Volume Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale 2020 The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care Go to The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care 2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions 2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities
2025 Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale Go to Developing Content Domain Weights for the 2025 Family Medicine Certification Scale
2020 The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care Go to The Dilution of Family Medicine: Waning Numbers of Family Physicians Providing Pediatric Care
2019 Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions Go to Debt and the emerging physician workforce: the relationship between educational debt and family medicine residents’ practice and fellowship intentions
2021 The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities Go to The Essential Role of Family Physicians in Providing Cesarean Sections in Rural Communities
