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OB-GYNs are crucial to women's health. They screen for cancer, assist in pregnancy health, perform abortions and well-woman exams, treat chronic menstrual ...

“We are in the process of expanding the program and working to increase the number of people we are training, but that is not something that can happen overnight,” she says. In general, most areas of the United States are facing shortages of healthcare professionals due to the pandemic. “I also had a lot of influx of moms bringing in their young daughters, who are not sexually active, but the moms are being pre-emptive about it. “In my practice, I have seen a tremendous amount of the Venezuelan population over the last five to six years,” Dr. “It’s hard to get into medical school at the University of Utah because of the religious aspect,” he says. Physician residents might avoid applying to Utah programs because of this new ruling, and those who complete their residencies here might not want to stay in Utah because of this new abortion law. To make matters worse, there is only one allopathic medical school in Utah that offers a medical degree (MD), and that is the University of Utah, where Dr. “The state of Utah has had one of the highest birth rates in the country for many years, and there is an ongoing need for OB-GYN care in Utah,” Dr. “Now it’s more like 75 percent of patients are pregnant, and 25 percent are for gynecological, which tells me the population in this area is getting younger,” he says. “I think there’s a view that doctors make it hard for people to see them, but the colleagues I know are working through lunch, and we’re making the effort to see people,” Dr. OB-GYNs are among the most overworked in the industry, working approximately 55.7 hours a week according to a Utah Medical Education Council report published in 2020. “There are only so many faculty members and so many hours in a day.