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Table 3 Opinions on amount of teaching of individual topics

From: What should medical students be taught about abortion? An evaluation of student attitudes towards their abortion teaching and their future involvement in abortion care

 

Much too little

A bit too little

About right

A bit too much

Much too much

Total

UK law on abortion

1 (1%)

11 (10%)

97 (89%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

109

Doctors’ legal and professional right to opt out of providing abortion care

3 (3%)

12 (11%)

80 (73%)

12 (11%)

2 (2%)

109

Conducting a pregnancy options consultation

18 (17%)

59 (54%)

30 (28%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

109

How to respectfully opt out of abortion care

9 (8%)

26 (24%)

61 (56%)

10 (9%)

3 (3%)

109

Identifying women who may need counselling before making a decision about abortion

23 (21%)

52 (48%)

32 (29%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

109

Supporting women to make a decision about abortion

15 (14%)

48 (44%)

44 (40%)

1 (1%)

1 (1%)

109

Referring to an abortion provider

14 (13%)

40 (37%)

53 (49%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

109

Completing the HSA1 (abortion) form

11 (10%)

21 (19%)

75 (69%)

0 (0%)

1 (1%)

108

What surgical abortion (vacuum aspiration) entails

5 (5%)

39 (36%)

63 (58%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

109

What a surgical abortion (dilatation and evacuation) entails

5 (5%)

42 (39%)

59 (54%)

3 (3%)

0 (0%)

109

What early medical abortion (< 10 weeks gestation) entails

2 (2%)

34 (31%)

70 (64%)

3 (3%)

0 (0%)

109

What later medical abortion (> 10 weeks gestation) entails

5 (5%)

39 (36%)

63 (58%)

2 (2%)

0 (0%)

109

Abortion-related complications/risks

7 (6%

29 (27%)

69 (64%)

3 (3%)

0 (0%)

108

Why women seek abortions

10 (9%)

28 (26%)

70 (65%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

108

Guest speaker: woman who has had abortion

8 (7%)

16 (15%)

75 (69%)

7 (6%)

3 (3%)

109

Guest speaker: doctor with a conscientious objection to abortion

17 (16%)

24 (22%)

56 (51%)

9 (8%)

3 (3%)

109

Clinical exposure to abortion provision

29 (27%)

33 (30%)

46 (42%)

1 (1%)

0 (0%)

109

Moral arguments for and against abortion

6 (6%)

20 (18%)

69 (63%)

9 (8%)

5 (5%)

109

TOTAL

188 (10%)

573 (29%)

1112 (57%)

68 (3%)

18 (1%)