PROGRAM OVERVIEW AND CORE COMPETENCIES
Program Objectives
At the conclusion of the program, you should be able to:
- Articulate RJ principles and their relevance to person-centered care
- Reflect on how integrating RJ into practice can be transformative and empowering for both patients and providers.
- List key elements of pregnancy options and informed consent counseling
- Describe the elements of person-centered care and provide examples of counseling and care that illustrate these principles
- Consider the benefits of providing services in a primary care vs. specialty setting
- Describe management options for early pregnancy loss
- Describe the steps involved or provide medication abortion care
- Describe the steps involved or provide uterine aspiration for abortion or early pregnancy loss
- Describe the management of complications related to early pregnancy loss, medication abortion, and uterine aspiration
Training Summary and Core Competencies
The TEACH Curriculum is a didactic course, including readings, exercises, and optional CME. We recommend you complete readings independently and complete case-based exercises with a) an experienced abortion care provider b) other trainees in groups, or c) independently. Didactic curriculum should accompany clinical training to competency. See:
- Core Competencies for Aspiration Abortion, regardless of setting
- Competency Based Skills Evaluation
Clinical training will vary depending on the setting, but often takes place in professional training programs, existing abortion care clinics, and / or individual practice in the U.S. or abroad.
Length of Training
We encourage evaluation focused on core competencies for individual learners rather than a specific number of procedures, sessions, or a particular specialty or type of licensure. The length of training will vary depending on previous experience, gestational duration of pregnancy, procedural numbers obtained per learning session, and individual factors.
Advanced Training Opportunities
For the next steps and opportunities for Becoming a Provider, Advocate, and Leader, read Chapter 9. Those interested in building more in-depth skills and knowledge can complete additional clinical sessions (to gain deeper exposure to medication and aspiration abortion, complication management, and complex cases), as well as completing advanced chapters, as appropriate, including: