Medical specialty concerning pregnancy and childbirth
This article is about the medical specialty. For the health profession, see Midwifery.
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Obstetrician
Occupation
Names
Physician
Surgeon
Occupation type
Specialty
Activity sectors
Medicine, surgery
Description
Education required
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Doctor of Osteopathic medicine (D.O.)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S.)
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB)
Fields of employment
Hospitals, clinics
Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period.[1] As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surgical field.[2]
^"What Is an Obstetrician? What They Do & When To See One". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
^"Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialty Description". American Medical Association. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
Look up obstetrics in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period...
Look up obstetrics or gynaecology in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Obstetrics and gynaecology (also spelled as obstetrics and gynecology; abbreviated...
reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area of obstetrics and gynaecology (OB-GYN). The term comes from Greek...
Veterinary obstetrics are the obstetrical methods used in veterinary medicine, which are quite different from those of human medicine. Veterinary obstetrics is...
and assisted delivery. Categorical specialists in obstetrics are commonly trained in both obstetrics and gynaecology (OB/GYN), and may provide other medical...
including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is, pregnancy, childbirth, and female sexual and...
Health Organization and the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics: A midwife is a person who has successfully completed a midwifery education...
v t e The following is a list of instruments that are used in modern obstetrics and gynaecology. Axis traction device for delivery forceps Cusco's self...
Advanced Life Support in Obstetrics (ALSO) is a program that was developed by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP). This course helps physicians...
(FOGSI) is a professional organization representing practitioners of obstetrics and gynecology in India. With 262 member societies and over 37,000 individual...
following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to obstetrics: Obstetrics – medical specialty dealing with the care of all women's reproductive...
qualification includes a degree in obstetrics, there is a similar higher degree of Master of the Art of Obstetrics (MAO). A Master of Midwifery was formerly...
safest procedures in medicine. According to a 2012 study in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology by F. G. Raymond and D. A. Grimes, in the United States the...
Gynecologists (ACOG) is a professional association of physicians specializing in obstetrics and gynecology in the United States. Several Latin American countries...
In obstetrics, gestational age is a measure of the age of a pregnancy taken from the beginning of the woman's last menstrual period (LMP), or the corresponding...
The International Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG, the Society for Women's Imaging) is a professional membership association...
section: a step forward in operative technique in obstetrics". Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 286 (5): 1141–1146. doi:10.1007/s00404-012-2448-6...
The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AJOG) is a peer reviewed journal of obstetrics and gynecology. It is popularly called the "Gray Journal"...
The International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, usually just FIGO ("fee'go") as the acronym of its French name Fédération Internationale de...
International, formerly the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics or ASPO, is an organization dedicated to promoting the Lamaze technique...
fetal disappearance in the first trimester" (PDF). American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 155 (1): 14–19. doi:10.1016/0002-9378(86)90068-2. PMID 3524235...
increased rate of Caesarean sections. "Placenta Previa – Gynecology and Obstetrics – Merck Manuals Professional Edition". Merck Manuals Professional Edition...
been identified and profiled in an issue of the Blackwell Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology; over 20 other cases have been discussed in additional...
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