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What should medical students be taught about abortion? An evaluation of student attitudes towards their abortion teaching and their future involvement in abortion care by Cohen, Pollyanna ;Mayhew, Jonathan ;Gishen, Faye ;Potts, Henry W. W. ;Lohr, Patricia A. ;Kavanagh, Jayne is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Abstract ## Background One in three women in the United Kingdom (UK) will have an abortion before age 45, making abortion provision an essential aspect of reproductive healthcare. Despite this, abortion remains ethically contested and stigmatised, with variable teaching in UK medical schools and concerns about falling numbers of doctors willing to participate in abortion care. University College London Medical School (UCLMS) has designed practical, inclusive, teaching that aims to give students an understanding of the importance of abortion care and prepare them to be competent practitioners in this area. This study aimed to determine students’ opinions of this teaching and their wider attitudes towards abortion. ## Methods We invited all 357 final-year UCL medical students to complete an online survey consisting of closed-ended questions, exploring their opinions on their abortion teaching, their personal beliefs about abortion and their future willingness to be involved in abortion care. We analysed responses using non-parametric tests. ## Results One hundred and forty-six questionnaires (41% response rate) showed 83% of students identified as pro-choice (agree with the right
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- Author
- Cohen, Pollyanna ;Mayhew, Jonathan ;Gishen, Faye ;Potts, Henry W. W. ;Lohr, Patricia A. ;Kavanagh, Jayne
- Publisher
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)