This article by Brahmi et al
published in Family Medicine discusses
the experience of third-year family medicine residents who have received
training in abortion care, noting that their sample generally felt positively
about their training and felt abortion was an appropriate procedure in family
medicine practice.
This article by Foster et al published in Contraception finds abortion education
lacking in nurse practitioner, physician assistant, and certified nurse-midwife
program, having surveyed all accredited U.S. programs.
This article by Paul et al
discusses the successful integration of abortion training into routine
gynecology rotation in three family medicine programs.
This extensive guide provides step by step recommendations on the process of starting a training program, also highlightingthat training can happen not only in large or high-volume clinics, but anywhere abortions are performed.
Developed and
reviewed by leading reproductive health experts and women's health
advocates, this powerpoint created by AAP has everything you need to teach students in
APC programs the basics about
abortion.
Developed and
reviewed by leading reproductive health experts and women's health
advocates, this powerpoint createde by AAP has everything you need to teach students in RN programs the basics about abortion.
This letter to the editor
from Hann et al published in Family Medicine highlights papayas as an relatively
inexpensive and highly effective substitute for traditional pelvic models.
This workbook created by Advancing New Standards
in Reproductive Health in collaboration with a number of other organizations is
a comprehensive text for medical students designed to be used in conjunction
with hands on trainin by trainees.
This workbook created by Advancing New Standards
in Reproductive Health in collaboration with a number of other organizations is
a comprehensive text for medical students designed to be used in conjunction
with hands on training by trainers.
This toolkit was created for nursing students by a current nursing student in collaboration with AAP, providing exercises and information to help students decide what role (if any) abortion care will play in their future practice.
This article by Dehlendorf et
al published in Family Medicine examines
barriers to integrating abortion training in family medicine residency programs
reported in results from 16 different programs.
This article by Prine et al
published in Innovations in Family
Medicine Education explores a structured approach to introducing medication
abortion in residency program, investigating staff reservations and then
systematically addressing those reservations
This extensive toolkit, "Start-up Kit for Integrating Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and Medication Technologies into Women's Reproductive Health-care Services,"
from Ipas offers up-to-date guidance, tips,
checklists, resources, and sample medical protocols on manual vacuum
aspiration and medication abortion. It is comprehensive resource for
clinicians seeking to include early abortion or miscarriage management
in their practice.
This article by Paul and
Nobel published in Innovations in Family
Medicine Education discusses the use of papayas as low-cost but high value
simulation models when training to perform manual vacuum aspiration.
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