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Background: Prior data suggest that opportunities in family planning training may be limited during obstetrics and gynecology (Ob-Gyn) residency training, particularly at faith-based institutions with moral and ethical constraints, although this aspect of the Ob-Gyn curriculum has not been formally studied to date. Objectives: We compared Ob-Gyn residents' self-rated competency and intentions to provide family planning procedures at faith-based versus those of residents at non-faith-based programs. Methods: We surveyed residents at all 20 Ob-Gyn programs in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Wisconsin from 2008 to 2009. Residents were queried about current skills and future plans to perform family planning procedures. We examined associations based on program and residents' personal characteristics and performed multivariable logistic regression analysis. Results: A total of 232 of 340 residents (68%) from 17 programs (85%) returned surveys. Seven programs were faithbased. Residents from non-faith-based programs were more likely to be completely satisfied with family planning training (odds ratio [OR] = 3.4, 95% confidence limit [CI], 1.9-6.2) and to report they "understand and can perform on own" most procedures. Most residents, regardless of program type, planned to provide all surveyed family planning services. Conclusions: Despite similar intentions to provide family planning procedures after graduation, residents at faithbased training programs were less satisfied with their family planning training and rate their ability to perform family planning services lower than residents at nonfaith-based training programs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract: Background: Traditionally family planning education is limited for obstetrics and gynecology residents training at faith-based institutions. We describe the first formalized educational program to teach contraception, sterilization, and abortion at a Catholic institution. Study Design: We used a six-step curricular development process to design this formal educational intervention. We created a multiple-choice test that participants completed before and after the workshop. We compared average test scores using one-way analyses of variance and assessed psychometric properties of the test. Results: All 16 obstetrics and gynecology residents at this institution participated in the one-day educational program entitled Teaching Everything About Contraceptive Health (TEACH). Residents improved their pre-test scores, on average, from 57% prior to the workshop to 89% immediately after completion of TEACH (p<.001). Improvement persisted 10 months after completion of the program (p<.001). Psychometric assessment supported the use of the instrument with adequate question difficulty and high discrimination. Conclusions: A one day curriculum designed to introduce family planning learning objectives at a Catholic obstetrics and gynecology residency program is feasible and results in improved resident knowledge. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]