Fertility Preservation and Infertility Treatment in Medical Training: An Assessment of Residency and Fellowship Program Directors' Attitudes.

ABSTRACT: Background: Given the concurrence of medical residency and fellowship training with typical childbearing years, trainees often must make difficult decisions regarding family planning, requiring the support of their residency and fellowship program directors (PDs) to guide them. Objective: Our hypothesis was that PDs have knowledge gaps and varying levels of support in terms of their trainees' fertility, and the goal of our study was to assess the knowledge and support of residency and fellowship PDs in the United States toward trainees' reproductive needs. Methods: Cross-sectional survey distributed to all residency and fellowship PDs providing contact information through the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education website in August 20

SUBMITTER: Huynh M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8820404 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature