Family medicine physician identification of obstetric lacerations: a US national survey.

Introduction And Hypothesis: We evaluated family medicine obstetric providers' identification and categorization of vaginal delivery lacerations in the USA. We hypothesized that there would be inaccuracy in family medicine physicians' identification of vaginal delivery injuries, similar to our previous studies of midwives and obstetricians (OBs).

Methods: We included clinically active physicians who attended deliveries within 2 years and evaluated their identification and categorization of delivery lacerations using descriptive text and visual images.