TABLE 1—
Alumni Survey Results for Abortion Provision, by Medical Specialty: Medical Students for Choice, 2011
Medical Specialty | Total Response, % | Respondents Providing Abortion Services, No. (%) |
Obstetrics and gynecology (n = 98) | 31.5 | 65 (66.3) |
Family medicine (n = 74) | 23.8 | 24 (32.4) |
Internal medicine (n = 34) | 10.9 | 0 (0) |
Emergency medicine (n = 22) | 7.1 | 1 (4.5) |
Pediatrics (n = 21) | 6.8 | 1 (4.8) |
Psychiatry (n = 18) | 5.8 | 0 (0) |
Othera (n = 44) | 14.1 | 3 (6.8) |
Total (n = 311) | 100 | 94 (30.2) |
Note. Total surveys mailed = 670. Response rate = 46.6%. The estimated response rate by specialty: obstetrics and gynecology, 47.1%; family medicine, 53.6%; internal medicine, 45.9%; emergency medicine, 50.0%; pediatrics, 24.1%; psychiatry, 52.9%; other, 51.8%.
Other specialties included adolescent medicine, allergy/immunology, anesthesiology, colorectal surgery, critical care, dermatology, endocrinology, general surgery, geriatrics, infectious disease, neurology, obstetric anesthesia, ophthalmology, orthopedic surgery, pathology, pediatric dermatology, pediatric emergency medicine, pediatrics, physical medicine and rehabilitation, preventative medicine, pulmonary, radiology, rheumatology, sports medicine, transplant surgery, urology, and vascular surgery.