PICCK has developed What’s Important: A Patient-Centered Approach to Contraceptive Counseling, a new e-learning course for healthcare professionals to redefine the goal of contraceptive counseling by focusing on the patient’s needs and values, understanding the influence of bias and coercion in contraceptive care, and discovering what a shared decision-making approach to contraceptive counseling can do to improve the quality of care you provide. This interactive, self-paced learning activity includes reflection questions, case studies, and instructional videos so providers have the opportunity to view patient-centered contraceptive counseling in action.
Access the course HERE.
This course was created by Partners in Contraceptive Choice and Knowledge (PICCK). PICCK was a five-year program funded by the Executive Office of Health and Human Services, Commonwealth of Massachusetts and housed at Boston Medical Center/Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.
Target Audience
Healthcare professionals and students who provide contraceptive counseling including but not limited to physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, midwives, nurses, health educators, medical assistants, and social workers. This e-learning course is designed for providers who work with pregnancy capable patients, not just those who specialize in family planning or OB/GYN.
Prerequisites
Please complete the pre-course evaluation survey. Prior training or education about implicit bias, microaggressions, and trauma-informed care is helpful but not required. For more on these subjects, explore the hyperlinked resources within the course.
e-learning Software
This course was created using Rise and Storyline 360. It is best completed on a laptop or desktop computer or tablet. While this course can be completed on a phone, for optimal viewing we recommend using a computer or tablet.
There are audio components to this course. We encourage you to have a device with audio capability and, if desired, headphones. Some audio transcripts are available.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this activity, the learner or the healthcare team should be better able to:
1. Explore current research associated with quality contraceptive counseling.
2. Describe how racism and coercion are embedded in the reproductive healthcare system.
3. Identify ways that bias can negatively impact patients’ experience of contraceptive counseling.
4. Explain how a shared decision-making approach centers the patient’s needs, values, and autonomy in contraceptive counseling.
5. Describe the steps within the PHI CARE approach to contraceptive counseling.
