BLOG: Thoughts on inquiring about abortion rights during Match 2023
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Given that 13 states have near-total bans on abortion with elements criminalizing referring for abortion care, residency and medical school applicants are anxious about how restrictions impact education and training. Two recent social media events sought to create space to speak about these concerns. We’d like to highlight the themes of the chats to empower women in medicine to continue the conversation across all specialties.
Continuing the conversation
The Alliance for Clinical Education hosts a bimonthly chat, dubbed MedEdChat, focused on interdisciplinary and collaborative discussion among preclinical medical educators.
In August, MedEdChat hosted a Twitter chat about abortion restrictions and medical education. Participants hypothesized that applicants will prioritize training in states without restrictions in order to maximize training opportunities and protect personal bodily autonomy. This is projected to exacerbate competitiveness between states that protect abortion care and those that prohibit it.
However, applicants may not forgo a spot in medical school or residency even if they are disappointed to train in a restrictive environment.
Current studies are underway by Vineet Arora, MD, MAPP, Herbert T. Abelson professor of medicine and dean for medical education at the University of Chicago, to better understand how restrictions impact applicants’ career goals from residency to independent practice.
Read the full blog post at Women in Medicine.
For more information:
Abigail Liberty, MD, MSPH, is the second year Complex Family Planning fellow at O regon Health and Science University where she works with diverse trainees in Family Planning settings. She can be reached on Twitter @abbyliberty1.
Ian Fields, MD, MCR, is assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology within the division of urogynecology and assistant program director for the OBGYN residency at Oregon Health and Science University . He can be reached on Twitter @eeyanmiller
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