what would you do?

[ides]

I know that when dh was in medical school there were most certainly med students who delivered babies in the ob dept. In fact, there were a LOT of med students who delivered babies at that hospital.

True for dh's med school too.

[SuzySunshine]

DH caught babies in med school too, of course he put his OB rotation off as long as humanly possible so he did it right before he graduated.

[peggyfromwastate]

Yes, here too. Dh did not want any part of it, but he had a requirement for the rotation that he catch at least 2 babies. And that's what he did. 2 was enough for him!

[HouseofWool]

For me, it was about wanting to make sure that anyone who was "south of the mason-dixon line" was someone we weren't going to see socially. Now, when I go to the doctor, I see a FM resident. When the FM residents do a peds rotation, the kids see them too. I definitely think it is important to allow residents to learn - but it would have been awkward for me, socially to have a resident or student as part of the delivery team. But, I guess I did since E actually caught Sophie.

[corn poffi]

My BF also delivered a bunch o'babies in school.

I would absolutely let a med student or resident deliver my hypothetical child, as long as I didn't personally know any of them (same goes for attendings). How the heck else are they supposed to learn? If nobody lets them do anything, they'll turn into crappy doctors! (Ok, slight exaggeration, but still, they gotta learn somehow!).