Research shows that medical students exhibit a decline in empathy after they begin interacting with patients which poses a threat to their ability to provide patient-centered care. Patient-centered care challenges doctors to be empathetic, respectful, and compassionate, even during difficult patient interactions or when they have moral objections to the patient’s health behaviors. Teaching about abortion provides a learning opportunity for students to practice empathy and compassion in the face of patient behavior which they may not support.
Facilitator Guide By the end of the session, learners will be able to: Reflect on their own feelings and values about challenging patients and discuss patient interactions that might make them feel uncomfortable. Use awareness to identify strategies for maintaining … Continue reading
Facilitator Guide By the end of the session, learners will be able to: Describe the 3 guiding principles that define professionalism in medicine. Define patient-centered care. Identify conditions under which physicians may not invoke “conscientious refusal” in abortion care. Click … Continue reading
Patient-centered care challenges doctors to be empathetic, respectful, and compassionate, even during difficult patient interactions or when they have moral objections to the patient’s health behaviors. Many patient behaviors—non-adherence to medical treatment, unfamiliar cultural beliefs, personality conflict—can evoke judgmental feelings … Continue reading
Slide Set of Teaching Competencies through Family Planning and Abortion presentation Carla Lupi, MD, FACOG Florida International University Click to download Teaching Everything Through Family Planning and Abortion (pdf)
This small group professionalism exercise occurs during intern orientation and is then revisited during family planning rotation orientation. During the two-hour small group session, a group leader walks the interns through a series of exercises where they have to choose … Continue reading
Video Lecture Presented by: Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS and Diana Taylor, RN, MS, PhD University of California, San Francisco Click here to download this video lecture
Video Lecture Presented by: Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS University of California, San Francisco Click here to download this video lecture
Video Lecture Presented by: Amy Levi, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC University of New Mexico Click here to download this video lecture Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund … Continue reading
Video Lecture Presented by: Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS University of California, San Francisco Click here to download this video lecture Citations: Jones RK, Jerman J. Abortion incidence and service availability in the United States, 2011. Perspect Sex Reprod Health 2014 … Continue reading
Video Lecture Presented by: Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS University of California, San Francisco Click here to download this video lecture Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund … Continue reading