title: An enhanced obstetrics track for a family practice residency program: results from the first 6 years.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Advanced training in obstetrics for family physicians occurs through a variety of methods. The program described has developed an obstetrics track for family practice residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five residents have completed the 4-year residency program with enhanced obstetric training developed, and the results, in terms of procedural experience and examination scores, have been reviewed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  These 5 family physicians performed a similar number of obstetric procedures compared with their Obstetrics and Gynecology resident counterparts, and they performed as well as their family medicine resident counterparts on national in-service examinations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A 4-year enhanced obstetrics track is an effective means of improving the training of family medicine residents in obstetric procedures while maintaining the other fundamental training and residency review committee requirements for family medicine residents.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, California 95817, USA. wetona.eidson-ton@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
authors.forename: W Suzanne
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Eidson-Ton
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nuovo
authors.forename: Blanca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Solis
authors.forename: Kristine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: Lloyd H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000379:methods; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*