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Abortion bans could leave close to half of U.S. obstetrics residents with inadequate training

OB/GYN accreditation rules require training in abortions for medical residents, who might use the same skills for treating miscarriages and other complications, doctors say.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 28, 2022

Burned out by COVID and 80-hour workweeks, resident physicians unionize

In the early weeks of the pandemic, Dr. Lorenzo González, then a second-year resident of family medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, ran on fumes, working as many as 80 hours a week in the ICU. He was constantly petrified that he would catch the COVID-19 virus and guilt-ridden for not…

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

Resident physicians unionize in Calif.

These trainees are banding together in California and other states to demand higher wages and better benefits

Salon · May 29, 2022