Am J Perinatol 2023; 40(09): 1002-1008
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761640
PAS Series Article
Review Article

Graduate and Continuing Medical Education of Placenta Accreta Spectrum

Colleen Feltmate
1   Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Sarah R. Easter
2   Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
,
Jennifer B. Gilner
3   Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
,
Amer K. Karam
4   Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
,
Fady Khourry-Callado
5   Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Columbia University, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, New York, New York
,
Karin A. Fox
6   Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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Abstract

Surgical training experience in obstetrics-gynecology (OB-GYN) residency and fellowship training, particularly in open abdominal surgeries has declined over the last 2 decades. This is due, in part, due to a universal trend toward non-invasive treatments for gynecologic conditions once treated surgically. Management of placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) often requires complex surgical skills, including, but not limited to highly complex hysterectomy. The decline in surgical case numbers has fallen as the incidence of PAS has risen, which we anticipate will lead to a gap in critical skills needed for graduating obstetrician-gynecologists to able to safely care for people with PAS.

On behalf of the Education Sub-Committee of the Pan-American Society for the Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS2), Inaugural Meeting, Boston, MA, September 27, 2019




Publication History

Article published online:
19 June 2023

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