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Forceps have long held an important place in the obstetrician's toolbox for delivery during the second stage of labor in the face of fetal or maternal concerns. However, the number of forceps deliveries in the U.S. has declined exponentially in recent decades, and resident training in the skill is near nonexistent in many programs. Editorialists have likened the procedure to “a species on the brink of extinction.” Now, investigators at an academic institution with a relatively high prevalence of forceps deliveries have developed a strategy for its salvage: With input from local experts, they designed a training curriculum that included didactic preparation plus hands-on training with a high-fidelity simulation model.
All residents completed …