The Correlation of Involvement in Resident Education and Episiotomy Rates [28K]

INTRODUCTION: Nationally, there exists large variation in episiotomy rates among organizations and providers. The Leapfrog group has set a national goal of reducing episiotomy rates to less than 5%. The purpose of this study was to compare rates of episiotomy for providers during their private deliveries who participated in obstetric resident supervision to the rates for providers who did not supervise residents. METHODS: This is a retrospective...