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Cover page of Demographics of U.S. Medical Students retaining, gaining, or losing interest in OB-GYN

Demographics of U.S. Medical Students retaining, gaining, or losing interest in OB-GYN

(2024)

To describe the race and ethnicity, gender, and financial status of students who remain interested in (retention), become interested in (recruitment), or lose interest in (attrition) OBGYN from matriculation to graduation.

Cover page of “I work with what I have”: Managing Medication Abortion and Miscarriage in the Unhoused Community

“I work with what I have”: Managing Medication Abortion and Miscarriage in the Unhoused Community

(2024)

To provide better support to houseless individuals’experiences with MAB.

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Cover page of Consistency in Contraception Choice through 6 Months Postpartum

Consistency in Contraception Choice through 6 Months Postpartum

(2023)

To evaluate the consistency of contraceptionplan identified at delivery hospitalization withreported contraception use over 6 monthspostpartum.

Cover page of Abortion Care in the Context of Changing Legislation: Amplifying Abortion-Trained Physician Experiences and Perspectives From California, Texas, Ireland, and the UK

Abortion Care in the Context of Changing Legislation: Amplifying Abortion-Trained Physician Experiences and Perspectives From California, Texas, Ireland, and the UK

(2023)

The primary aim was to examining abortion-trained physician perspectives on barriers toabortion access and their views on physicians'roles in the legislative regulation of abortion.

The secondary aim was to elicit theperspectives and experiences of abortion-trained physicians to understand the effectsof legislation on their ability to providepatients with comprehensive reproductivecare.

Cover page of Developing a Pathway for URM Students: Are We Helping?

Developing a Pathway for URM Students: Are We Helping?

(2023)

The UCSF/Kaiser Permanente UndergraduateResearch Internship (URI) is an eight-week pathway program aimed to support underrepresented minority (URM) students through opportunities for clinical shadowing, research, and mentorship.Our objective is to study the impact of URI onparticipants’ self-efficacy and professionaloutcomes.

Cover page of Placental mass in association with neonatal mosaic trisomy 21: genetic makeup consistent with acardiac amorphous twin

Placental mass in association with neonatal mosaic trisomy 21: genetic makeup consistent with acardiac amorphous twin

(2023)

Placental teratomas thought to arisefrom germ cells migrating into extraplacental membranes. Historically, placental teratomas were differentiated from acardiac amorphoustwins by presence of multiple tissuetypes, but lack of axial organization andumbilical cord. New evidence - previously documented placental teratomas may insteadrepresent acardiac amorphous twin given similar pattern of short tandem repeat (STR) polymorphic loci between placental masses (thought to be teratoma) and adjacent normalplacental tissue.

Cover page of Adverse Outcomes of Second Trimester Dilation and Evacuation in Patients with Prior Cesarean Delivery

Adverse Outcomes of Second Trimester Dilation and Evacuation in Patients with Prior Cesarean Delivery

(2023)

Prior Cesarean delivery (CD) has beenshown to increase the overall complication risk in second trimester dilation and evacuation (D&E) procedures; however, little data existsabout frequency of specific risks. The objective is to determine the proportion of patients with prior CD that experienced adverse outcomes associated with D&Eprocedures.

Cover page of Improving Utilization and Quality of Survivorship Care for Patients with Gynecological Malignancies

Improving Utilization and Quality of Survivorship Care for Patients with Gynecological Malignancies

(2023)

After patients end their cancer treatmentand have no evidence of disease, theyenter survivorship portion of their care.

Survivorship programs provide thefollowing services: psychosocial support,nutrition, medication side-effects, geneticcounseling, and fertility concerns throughthe use of treatment summaries andsurvivorship care plans. Patients continue to face difficulty in accessing services.

Objectives: To increase enrollment insurvivorship program.