Nov 03
Introduction to LARC (Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives)
This presentation offers a comprehensive overview of the various Long Acting Reversible Contraceptive (LARC) methods for audiences who may not be very familiar with the topic.
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Nov 03
Contraception: Updates on the Evidence
This presentation is a teaching tool was created for a clinical audience to demonstrate how to use WHO/CDC categories for eligibility, how to counsel patients about contraceptive efficacy for successful prevention of unintended pregnancy and to address systems practices which can affect contraceptive initiation and continuation rates.
Jan 20
LARC: Advanced
This presentation helps audiences anticipate and manage difficulties with LARC insertion and removals.
Oct 25
IUD Insertion and Removal Equipment and Supplies List
This resource lists equipment and supplies needed for IUD insertion and removal.
Oct 25
Reproductive Health Procedures Equipment and Supplies Lists
These documents list equipment and supplies needed for common gynecological procedures including: manual vacuum aspiration, IUD insertion and removal, progestin implant insertion and removal, and endometrial biopsy.
Aug 12
IUD Policy and Procedure
Clinical IUD policy & procedure
May 18
Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in SRH
This course from Innovating Education, Structures & Self: Advancing Equity and Justice in Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare, is a learner-led, justice-informed curriculum designed to teach clinical learners to consider how systems of power and legacies of structural oppression impact their care for patients.
Mar 03
Initiating Hormonal Contraception
Most patients can safely begin using hormonal contraception at any point in their menstrual cycle. This article covers an evidence-based, flexible, patient-centered approach to initiating contraception promotes health and enhances patients’ reproductive autonomy. This article was published in American Family Physician in March 2021. It is an update of an article originally published in 2006.…
Feb 16
Contraceptive Pearl: Progestin IUD for Emergency Contraception
FDA-approved options for emergency or post-coital contraception include the copper IUD, oral levonorgestrel, and oral ulipristal. For ongoing contraception, more people in the United States choose progestin IUDs over copper IUDs, and previous studies show many patients would select a progestin IUD if it were available as emergency contraception. A new study suggests that progestin…
Dec 15
Contraceptive Pearl: IUD and Uterine Abnormalities
Providers may wonder whether or not uterine abnormalities, like fibroids, cervical stenosis, or congenital anomalies would preclude IUD use. For questions like this, the US Medical Eligibility Criteria (US MEC), published by the CDC, is a good resource to turn to. Uterine Fibroids: Category 2-A condition for which the advantages of using the method generally…