CIRHT Education Tools for Student
Education Competencies for Students
Outcome: Graduates who are fully competent providers and communicators of comprehensive contraception and abortion care.
Competencies: Contraception
- Student understands available permanent methods of contraception (e.g. bi tubal ligation, no-scalpel vasectomy), the associated medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately perform these procedures.
- Student understands implant methods of contraception, the associated medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately perform implant insertion and removal.
- Student is aware of emergency contraception methods and understands the eligibility criteria for provision of the medication.
- Student is aware of intrauterine devices (IUD) methods of contraception, the associated medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately perform IUD insertion and removal.
- Student is aware of short-acting contraception methods, such as oral contraceptive pills and injectables, understands the medical eligibility criteria for provision of these methods.
- Student is aware of other available contraception methods, such as condoms and natural methods, and understands the medical eligibility criteria for provision of these methods.
- Student is aware of postpartum FP (PPFP) methods, understands the medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately insert postpartum IUD (PPIUD).
- Student understands the methods and approaches to FP counseling, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately counsel a patient on FP methods.
Competencies: Comprehensive Abortion Care
- Student is aware of post-abortion care (PAC) methods, understands how to identify cases requiring PAC. Student is also aware of medical eligibility criteria for various aspects of PAC.
- Student is aware of medical abortion (MA) methods, and understands the medical eligibility criteria for provision of these methods.
- Student is aware of manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) method, understands medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately perform the procedure.
- Student is aware of dilation & evacuation (D&E) method, understands medical eligibility criteria, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately perform the procedure.
- Student is aware of Postabortion FP (PAFP) methods, and understands medical eligibility criteria for various forms of contraception.
- Student understands the methods and approaches to CAC counseling, and has demonstrated the ability to adequately counsel a patient on CAC methods.
Education for Students Collection
For Contraception General Resources
- Selected practice recommendations for contraceptive use (Reference Material) link
- Medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use (Reference Material) Link
- US Medical Eligibility Criteria (US MEC) for Contraceptive Use (Reference Material) Link
- Contraception and Chronic Disease (Workshop and Training Material) Link
Competency 2
- Contraceptive Implant Procedures: Implanon® (Online Course Module – Bekele, Delayeh; Omollo, Kathleen, 2013) Zip
- Implants (Online Course Module – Misgan, Eyaya, 2017) Video , PPT
- Implants (Online Course Module – Bagambe, Patrick, 2018) Video , PPT
- Localization and Removal of Deeply Placed Contraceptive Implants (Presentation) Video
Competency 4
- Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) – Part 1 (Online Course Module – Gebremedhin, Lia Tadesse, 2017) Video , PPT
- Intrauterine Devices (IUDs) – Part 2 (Online Course Module – Gebremedhin, Lia Tadesse, 2017) Video , PPT
- Copper IUCD Insertion and Removal (Online Course Module – Nwankwo, Helen, 2018) Video , PPT
- IUCD Timing, Insertion and Removal, Adverse Effects and Management (Online Course Module – Nwankwo, Helen, 2018) Video , PPT
Competency 8
- Quality Family Planning Counselling (Workshop and Training Material – Eshetu, Munir Kassa, 2017) Video , PPT
- Patient-Centered Family Planning Counseling (Workshop and Training Material – Kahn, Chavi, 2018) PPT
- Introduction to Family Planning (Online Course Module – Rulisa, Stephen, 2018) Video , PPT
- Counseling for Family Planning (Online Course Module – Musengimana, Denyse, 2018) Video , PPT
- Family Planning Counseling (Presentation – Obermeyer, Meghan; Eshetu, Munir Kassa, 2018) PPT
- Family Planning Counseling (Presentation – Hailemeskel, Azeb Tamrat, 2018) PPT
- Patient Centered-Care (Presentation – Obermeyer, Meghan; Eshetu, Munir Kassa, 2018) PPT
- Counseling for Family A Counseling Practicum Curriculum to Teach and Assess ACGME Core Competencies (Workshop and Training Material) Link
- The Family Planning Patient Experience: Skills to Improve Every Visit (Workshop and Training Material) Link
