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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Feb 1;210(6):569.e1–569.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2014.01.038

Table 3.

Correlates of maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) fellowships that offer dilation and evacuation (D&E) training

D&E training offered in routine or optional way (N=21) No organized D&E training (N=23) P value
Western Region 5 (24%) 1 (4%) 0.06
Population > 1 million 6 (29%) 3 (13%) 0.2
Total number of fellows in fellowship (median) 3 3 0.2
Family planning fellowship 9 (43%) 6 (26%) 0.2
Training performed in hospital operating room 13 (62%) 10 (43%) 0.2
Trained by family planning specialist 9 (43%) 4 (17%) 0.06
Trained by MFM specialist 10 (47%) 10 (43%) 0.8
More than half of fellows pursue D&E training 5 (23%) 9 (50%) 0.09
Upper limit of gestational age of procedures performed (median) 22 22 0.4