First Trimester Procedural Abortion in Family Medicine

Lyus, Richard; Gianutsos, Paul; Gold, Marji

doi:10.3122/jabfm.2009.02.070204

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“…A thorough study determining the correlation between curricula design and the competency in reproductive healthcare among a variety of health professionals, taking into account the potential limitations mentioned above, is thus recommended. In summary, adequate training and regular hand-on practice is needed and should be incorporated into a wide range of practices, from a family practice to advanced gynaecologic care [35,36]. …”

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A survey of manual vacuum aspiration’s experiences among the new medical graduates in Thailand

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BackgroundDespite Thai laws permitting abortion conducted by registered medical practitioners, unsafe abortion still kills and maims Thai women as a result of inadequate access to safe abortion services. Surgical evacuation of the uterus by manual vacuum aspirator (MVA) is a safe and effective technique recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. This study assessed new medical graduates’ MVA experiences during their clinical years in medical schools.MethodsCross-sectional questionnaire surveys on all new medical graduates participating in the annual assembly arranged by the Ministry of Public Health in 2010 and 2012 were applied. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed for data analysis.ResultsThe significant minority of new graduates (44% and 43% in 2010 and 2012 batches) had seen but never used MVA. The proportion of graduates who had ‘never seen’ reduced from 32% in 2010 to 23% in 2012 while the proportion of ‘ever used’ had noticeably increased from 24% to 34% in corresponding years. Graduates from medical schools outside Bangkok and vicinity and those reporting confidence in their surgical skills tended to have more MVA experience. The 2012 graduation year was also positively related to higher experience on MVA.ConclusionThough the proportion of graduates who had ever used MVA was still low in 2012, a positive change from that in 2010 was observed. Medical schools outside Bangkok and vicinity provided more opportunities for learning MVA. It is recommended that medical schools, especially in Bangkok and vicinity should provide more MVA learning opportunities for students. Adequate training and regular hands-on MVA practice should be incorporated into a wide range of clinical practice.

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A survey of manual vacuum aspiration’s experiences among the new medical graduates in Thailand

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“…To the Editor: I read with interest the original research article, "Prostate-Specific Antigen Testing among the Elderly in Community-Based Family Medicine Practices," by Hudson et al 1 Doctor-directed clinical activities that are unsupported by medical evidence and ignore credible guidelines can be summed up in 2 words: thoughtless practice. Some of the harms that follow thoughtless screening practices include:…”

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Re: First Trimester Procedural Abortion in Family Medicine

Uretsky¹

2009

The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

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Godfrey²

2011

Pfenninger and Fowler's Procedures for Primary Care

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First Trimester Procedural Abortion in Family Medicine

Abstract: In the United States, half of all pregnancies are unintended, and half of those will end in elective abortion.

Cited by 8 publications

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A survey of manual vacuum aspiration’s experiences among the new medical graduates in Thailand

A survey of manual vacuum aspiration’s experiences among the new medical graduates in Thailand

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