Abortion Course: By Week
Abortion: Quality Care and Public Health Implications
Abortion is a common experience for people around the world; yet it is often excluded from the curricula of health professionals. Our aim is to fill in the gaps left by the exclusion of abortion from mainstream curricula.
Most lectures in the abortion course can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
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Week 1: Abortion in the US and Around the World
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Describe the epidemiology of abortion
- Recognize global disparities in access to family planning
- Understand the costs of unintended pregnancy
- List barriers to accessing timely and safe abortion services
- Identify interventions to reduce death from unsafe abortion
- Describe the historical trajectory of abortion in the U.S.
- Define abortion stigma and its negative consequence
Abortion and its Multiple Contexts
Video Lecture Presented by:
Carolyn Sufrin, MD, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Abortion in the International Context
Video Lecture Presented by:
Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Global Abortion Overview
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish. Translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
The History of Abortion
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 1 Assessments and Additional Materials
Week 2: Abortion, Professionalism, and Patient-centered Counseling
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Describe key stakeholders’ reactions to Roe v. Wade in American culture
- Understand the professional responsibilities of health-care providers caring for women seeking abortion
- Recognize appropriate and inappropriate applications of “conscience” in the setting of abortion care
- Provide objective and compassionate pregnancy options counseling
- Practice patient communication skills
- Identify steps to take to enhance professionalism in personally challenging clinical encounter
Nursing Roles in Abortion Care
Video Lecture Presented by:
Amy Levi, PhD, CNM, WHNP-BC
University of New Mexico
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Decision Counseling for Positive Pregnancy Test Results
Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Teaching Professionalism for Abortion Care
Video Lecture Presented by:
Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 2 Assessments and Additional Materials
Week 3: Abortion in the First Trimester
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Describe principles of patient-centered care for first-trimester abortion
- Review the provision of abortion available in the first trimester and methods for pain management
- Describe post-abortion complications and basics of management of these complications
- Understand the legal framework regulating abortion in the United States
- Develop a basic understanding of all contraceptive methods and patient-centered contraceptive care
Medical Abortion
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California San Francisco
Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
First-Trimester Aspiration Abortion
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Global Obstacles to Abortion
Video Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Global Contraception
Video Lecture Presented by:
Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 3 Assessments and Additional Materials
Week 4: Abortion After the First Trimester and Obstacles to Accessing Safe Abortion in the US and Worldwide
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Recognize common reasons why women have abortions after the first trimester
- List and review attributes of high quality, safe abortion care
- Discuss unique challenges for women seeking abortion after the first trimester
- Identify opportunities to improve global access to abortion care after the first trimester
- Discuss complications associated with abortion and common abortion myths
Abortion After the First Trimester
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Guidelines for Safe Abortion Care
Video Lecture Presented by:
Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
High-Quality Abortion Care
Video Lecture Presented by:
Teresa DePiñeres, MD, MPH,
Dan Grossman, MD, and
Jody Steinauer, MD, MAS
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 4 Assessments and Additional Materials
Week 5: Overcoming Obstacles to Abortion Access
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Describe the health and abortion disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status that limit access
- Identify programs in medical education and describe the importance of integrated abortion training
- Describe the mechanisms that can delay women in accessing abortion
- Understand the importance of abortion provision in the primary care setting
- Identify Advanced Practice Clinicians as key stakeholders in abortion provision
Health Disparities in Family Planning
Video Lecture Presented by:
University of California, San Francisco
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 5 Assessments and Additional Materials
Week 6: Early Pregnancy Loss and Course Conclusions
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:
- Review the similarities between management of early pregnancy loss and early abortion.
- Describe patient-centered counseling for EPL.
- Review global public health issues related to safe abortion.
- Describe the clinical responsibilities of health care providers caring for women with undesired pregnancies.
Early Pregnancy Loss Diagnoses and Counseling
Video Lecture Presented by:
Robin Wallace, MD, MAS
University of Texas Southwestern
Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Early Pregnancy Loss Management
Video Lecture Presented by:
Robin Wallace, MD, MAS
University of Texas Southwestern
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Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Post-Abortion Care
Video Lecture Presented by:
Felicia Lester, MD, MPH and Dan Grossman, MD
University of California, San Francisco
Lecture can be viewed with subtitles in Spanish or French. French translation was made possible by the Safe Abortion Action Fund and International Planned Parenthood Federation. Click the Closed Captions button on video lectures to access subtitles.
Week 6 Assessments and Additional Materials
