Expanding Access and Choice for all Contraceptives, including IUDs & Implants - Albuquerque, NM
Date and time
Location
Domenici Center for Health Sciences Education Room 3740
1001 Stanford NE 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131Description
The UCSF Bixby Center's Beyond the Pill team is excited to partner with the LARC Mentoring Program. Please find more information about the training below.
ATTENTION: We are unfortunately at capacity for the IUD practicum on June 11th. You will not be able to register for the IUD insertion practicum, but we encourage you to sign up for the Main Session and Counseling Practicum (8:30-2:30 pm) and attend a follow up IUD practicum hosted by UNM LARC Mentoring Program at a later date. Please sign up using your email address. Thank you for your patience and understanding!
Event Schedule
8:30 AM Breakfast & Registration
9:00 AM Main Session
12:00 PM Lunch
12:30 PM Counseling Practicum
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM IUD Insertion Practicum
5:00 PM Wrap Up
Improving Access to IUDs & Implants
Beyond the Pill is working to transform contraceptive care by bringing our evidence-based training on IUDs and implants to healthcare providers and educators throughout the US. These trainings focus on best practices and help women access more effective birth control, while respecting their autonomy in reproductive health decisions.
Key features of on-site training
- CME-accredited
- All staff approach—trainings have the greatest impact when all staff participate (clinicians, educators, managers, front desk, billing, outreach staff, etc.).
- Customized to the needs of each group.
- Training costs subsidized or waived for eligible organizations.
- Evaluation to measure training quality and impact.
- Trainings designed for single-clinics, groups of clinics, or regional networks of providers and referral agencies.
Curriculum for on-site training
The core curriculum of our on-site training includes a general session for all staff, followed by separate practica on counseling and IUD insertion.
Main session:
- Updated information on IUDs and implants, including the latest science and professional recommendations.
- Discussion of the barriers to IUD and implant provision and strategies for improving access.
Counseling practicum:
- Education and counseling techniques, with a focus on patient-centered counseling and educating patients on method effectiveness.
- A counseling skills and role-playing session for health educators allows time to refine counseling approaches and practice delivering patient education points specific to IUDs and implants.
- Designed for health educators, counselors, clinicians, social workers and administrative staff.
IUD insertion practicum:
- Hands-on insertion technique practicum allows participants to gain or refine their skills placing different IUD models.
- Designed for clinicians (MD, DO, NP, PA, CNM)
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education.