Contraception
Course #93113 - $30 -
- Participation Instructions
- Review the course material online or in print.
- Complete the course evaluation.
- Review your Transcript to view and print your Certificate of Completion. Your date of completion will be the date (Pacific Time) the course was electronically submitted for credit, with no exceptions. Partial credit is not available.
Almost half of the pregnancies in the United States are unintended, and more than half of those pregnancies occurred in a month when the woman was using contraception. Contraception is a topic with which any provider that sees women in a primary care environment must be familiar, but it can be challenging to stay up-to-date with all possible methods and to answer patients' questions about side effects and health risks. It is worthwhile, however, as helping women take control over their reproductive potential is arguably one of the most important jobs in health care.
- INTRODUCTION
- BACKGROUND AND BRIEF HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION
- BEHAVIOR-BASED METHODS
- BARRIER AND SPERMICIDAL METHODS
- HORMONAL METHODS
- INTRAUTERINE DEVICES
- STERILIZATION
- POSTPARTUM CONTRACEPTION
- EMERGENCY CONTRACEPTION
- MALE CONTRACEPTIVE PILL
- CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-ENGLISH-PROFICIENT PATIENTS
- CONCLUSION
- GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- Works Cited
- Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations Citations
This course is designed for gynecologists, primary care physicians, nurse practitioners, and other primary care health providers, such as pharmacists, physician assistants, and nurses, who care for women of childbearing age.
Newer contraceptive methods and new techniques for old methods (such as hysteroscopic sterilization) are attractive to patients, and their contraceptive provider (or referring provider) should have a grasp of the wide range of options. The purpose of this course is to provide healthcare professionals with the information necessary to advise patients and prescribe effective and appropriate contraceptives.
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Compare the efficacy rates of different contraceptive methods.
- Evaluate various barrier and spermicidal contraceptive options.
- Analyze the action and side effects of different combination oral contraceptive pills.
- Discuss the risks of long-term progestin-only contraceptive methods.
- Outline the side effects and alternative indications for intrauterine devices.
- Compare and contrast traditional (surgical) and hysteroscopic sterilization.
- Identify special concerns in postpartum contraception.
- Describe different methods of providing emergency contraception.
Julie Quinn, MD, is a board-certified obstetrician-gynecologist who practiced general Obstetrics and Gynecology for four years before transitioning to a career in medical communications. Dr. Quinn completed her undergraduate education at the University of California, Davis, and her medical education at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. She completed her training at the Phoenix Integrated Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in Phoenix, Arizona.
Contributing faculty, Julie Quinn, MD, has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
John M. Leonard, MD
Jane C. Norman, RN, MSN, CNE, PhD
Randall L. Allen, PharmD
The division planners have disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
Sarah Campbell
The Director of Development and Academic Affairs has disclosed no relevant financial relationship with any product manufacturer or service provider mentioned.
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