Free Online Medical Abortion Course
IPPF has partnered with Women First digital (HowToUseAbortionPill.org) to develop a free online training course on medical abortion to equip you with the knowledge and skills to provide care for women seeking medical abortion up to 13 weeks’ gestation.
Endorsed by the International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO), this course is aimed at the full range of providers, including physicians, midwives, pharmacists, medical students, and community health workers. Abortion programme managers will also benefit from taking this course.
This course was designed to meet the needs of healthcare providers who face significant skill gaps in providing safe and comprehensive abortion care to women and girls using medical abortion. Provided in the form of a seven-lesson video series, this comprehensive course covers all essential areas of abortion care including:
- How to support a medical abortion
- Symptoms, side effects and complications
- Abortion aftercare
The training is framed around four principles of care: person-centred care, rights-based care, quality, and privacy and confidentiality. It is hosted on a login-based web portal which can be accessed from desktop or mobile. The course is structured to be an interactive learning experience, complete with quizzes and an option to download a certificate upon successful completion.
“Abortion care continues to be left off medical training curriculums,” said Mallah Tabot, Lead SRHR Programming at IPPF Africa Region. “This online course will fill a critical gap in the education of many health workers. It has the potential to significantly increase the number of health workers with the skills and knowledge to provide abortion care, especially in low-resource settings, and thereby increase the number of women supported to safely end a pregnancy.”
This free medical abortion training course is available in 6 languages and accessible via the link
https://elearning.howtouseabortionpill.org.
IPPF launches free online medical abortion course | IPPF Africa