HOW REAL IS THIS GOING BACK UP TO THE MOON?
TO THE MOON?
>>> WELCOME BACK.
THE NEXT GENERATION OF DOCTORS
IS BEING TRAINED UNDER CREATIVE
CIRCUMSTANCES. THIS DOCTOR PARTICIPATED I
SURGICALANRAINING HAS N
SURGICALANRAINING HAS
ABORTION SIMULATION TO SEE HOW
SURGICAL TRAINING HAS ADAPTED
TO THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS AND
ALL OF THE DIFFERENT STATES. >> Reporter: AT LOUISIANA STATE
>> Reporter: AT LOUISIANA STATE
UNIVERSITY, I AM IN A CLASSROOM
WITH THE NEXT GENERATION OF
OBSTETRICIANS AND
GYNECOLOGISTS.
THEY ARE SIMULATING A MANUAL
VACUUM ASPIRATION COMMONLY
CALLED A SURGICAL ABORTION
PROCEDURE BUT THEY ARE DOING IT
ON FRUIT.
>> Reporter: THAT SOUNDS CRAZY.
>> YES.
BUT IT IS A GOOD WAY TO
SIMULATE IT AND IT DOES GIVE
RESIDENTS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE
MUCH MORE READY TO PERFORM THE
PROCEDURES.
>> Reporter: MANY RESIDENCIES
FOR THE OB/GYN AND WHERE THEY
CONTINUE AFTER MEDICAL SCHOOL
TO USE FRUITS TO HONE THEIR
SKILLS.
>> THEY ARE VERY ACCURATELY SIMULATING
UTERUS WHAT
>> RITorter: THESE IS LIKE TO
REMOVE THE CONTENTS OF THE
UTERUS.
>> Reporter: THESE HAVE BEEN
RAMPING UP AFTER THE REVERSAL
OF ROE V. WADE ESPECIALLY IN
STATES LIKE LOUISIANA ELECTIVE
ABORTIONS ARE NOT AND AND
ACCESS IS LIMITED TO TRAINING.
>> Reporter: TALK TO ME ABOUT
THE REACTION WHEN THEY FOUND
OUT THEY COULDN'T PRACTICE
THESE PROCEDURES.
>> THEY WERE SCARED AND WORRIED
WHAT I HAVE THAT TRAINING AND
WHAT I BE AN ADEQUATE PHYSICIAN
AND BE ABLE TO DO THESE FOR MY
PATIENTS.
>> Reporter: THEY ARE IN A
DIFFICULT POSITION ACROSS THE
NATION JUGGLING STATE ABORTION
BAN AND ACCREDITATION
REQUIREMENTS WHICH MANDATE THAT
RESIDENCY PROGRAMS MAKE IT
AVAILABLE AND THIS DOCTOR IS AN
OB/GYN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
TENNESSEE AND IS IN A STATE
WHERE DOCTORS WHO PERFORM
ABORTIONS CAN BE CHARGED WITH A
FELONY.
>> WE ARE PROVIDING CARE AND WE
UNDERSTAND TECHNICALLY THAT IS A FELONY 45% OF
RESIDENC. PROGRAMS ARE
BUT WE BELIEVE WE WILL BE ABLE
TO DEFEND OURSELVES.
>> Reporter: AN ESTIMATED 45%
OF RESIDENCY PROGRAMS ARE
LOCATED IN STATES THAT BAN OR
RESTRICT ABORTION.
AT HARVARD THEY ARE HOPING TO
OFFER SOLUTIONS BY REMOVING THE
WORD ABORTION FROM THE SIMULATION TRAINING BUT INSTEAD
SIMULATION TRAINING BUT INSTEAD
THEY PRACTICE ON A SIMULATED
MISCARRIAGE IN THE SECOND
TRIMESTER, ONE THAT IS
IDENTICAL DURING TREATMENT OF
AN ABORTION.
>> WE DON'T CALL IT AN ABORTION
BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE ALL THE
RESIDENTS PARTICIPATE. THIS IS
A REQUIRED SKILL SET OF ANYBODY
WHO WORKS ON LABORSAY, AND
DELIVERY.
>> Reporter: HAVING THESE
SKILLS IS CRITICAL THEY SAY
ESPECIALLY WHEN PREGNANCY
COMPLICATIONS CAN PUT A
MOTHER'S LIFE THAT RISK.
>> SO TO LEARN AND MANNEQUIN
ISN'T PERFECT, BUT IT CERTAINLY
IS A POTENTIAL STOPGAP FROM THE
TRAINING OTHERWISE. >> Reporter: THE NEXT
>> Reporter: THE NEXT
GENERATION OF DOCTORS LEARNING F
IN AN UNCERTAIN LANDSCAPE THAT
CHANGES IN REAL TIME.
>> AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR OUR
PATIENTS.
>> THIS IS THE WAY THAT THEY
HAVE TRAINED IN THE PAST BUT
NOW THEY HAVE TO DO IT MORE.
EXPLAIN TO US HOW THIS TRAINING
ON FRUIT MAY AFFECT THE SKILL
LEVEL OF THE OB/GYN GOING
FORWARD. >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORRIED
>> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT AND THIS OVERTURNED.
HASAT THEY'RE TEL BEEN US
HAPPENING FOR YEARS AND THIS IS
NOT SOMETHING THEY WHIPPED UP
RECENTLY BUT WHAT THEY ARE
SAYING IS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO
IT MORE OFTEN BECAUSE WHEN YOU
CAN'T PRACTICE ON PATIENTS YOU
HAVE TO TURN TO SOMETHING ALSO
ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT
MANNEQUIN THAT YOU SEE AT THE END OF THAT IS SIMULATING THE
END OF THAT IS SIMULATING THE
SECOND TRIMESTER ABORTION OR A
PROCEDURE CALLED DILATION AND
EVACUATION AND WE HAVE TO MAKE
SURE RESIDENTS ARE TRAINED IN
THAT BECAUSE IF YOU ARE OUT IN
THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, YOU HAVE
TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW HOW TO DO
THAT SHOULD THERE NOT BE THAT
BACK UP AVAILABLE.
>> FASCINATING.
INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THIS IS
HAPPENING IN THE WAKE OF ALL OF