Professionalism, Providers, and Training in Abortion Care

Learning Objectives

After watching these video lectures, learners will be able to:

  • 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
  • Understand the importance of abortion provision in the primary care setting
  • Identify steps to take to enhance professionalism in personally challenging clinical encounter
  • Describe the importance of integrating abortion into training for health professions learners and how to teach professionalism in abortion care