Ali Block
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886 appearances
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first heard Sep 2023
last heard Oct 2023
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Before we jump into today's episode, I wanted to tell you about a podcast that I love and that I think can help us understand this moment in abortion care.
Hosted by Dahlia Lithwick, Slate's Amicus Podcast is all about the Supreme Court and the law, but you don't have to be a constitutional lawyer to listen to it.
And actually, last week I had the pleasure of talking with Dahlia as a guest on the show.
Here's Dahlia.
Welcome back to the Nocturinists, Postro America.
I'm Doctor Ellie Bloch.
This week we're looking at a very specific corner of the abortion world.
It's an issue we've heard about over and over again as one of the most important impacts of the Dobbs decision.
But it's also been one of the least covered.
So today we're diving into medical training and education.
Training to be an abortion provider has never been like training for any other medical specialty.
It's rarely covered in med school, and only certain residency programs even offer abortion training at all.
When I was in residency, even in an unrestricted state with a strong abortion care program, I still did an elective in Mexico City, simply to get the practice I felt I needed to be trained to competence.
And this is common for many abortion providers, to travel out of state or even out of the country to get this basic skill set.
The Dobbs decision has only further limited training opportunities.
And when we're talking about medical education, we're also talking about the type of care an entire generation of clinicians will be able to provide.
So to start today's episode, we asked one of my mentors to give us a crash course on what you need to know if you're learning how to do an abortion.
She wanted to stay anonymous, so we'll call her Julie.
As someone who has spent years teaching others this procedure, Julie really impressed upon us the importance of hands on practice.
I think it can be helpful to compare performing an abortion to something like administering anesthesia or flying an airplane.
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