Medical students who practiced on a patient simulator before assisting in real-life vaginal deliveries scored significantly higher on their final examinations than did students receiving a lecture ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The laboring woman groaned in pain: "Ow, ow. Make the baby come out." The baby’s head was already seeing daylight. But its shoulder was stuck. Delivering this infant safely would ...

Rural women are at greater risk because of less access to obstetrics departments. But training in emergency obstetrics at rural hospitals could help narrow the gap in care. For women in rural areas, ...

Cardio-obstetrics, a cross-disciplinary specialty that covers the dual needs of cardiovascular disease and pregnancy, has in recent years become a better-known entity. Yet a 2020 survey of US ...

Kathryn Lindley, MD, FACC, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, talks about why it’s important to incorporate cardio-obstetrics training into cardiovascular disease fellowship programs.

Although cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number-one cause of pregnancy-related death in the United States, a new survey suggests the cardiology workforce may be ill-prepared to care for pregnant ...

Simulation training in obstetric clerkship improves medical students' examination scores. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 15, 2026 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 09 / 110902110254.htm ...