Contraceptive Counseling

Identify barriers to birth control and how you can help patients overcome them.

The ACOG Committee Opinion’s support for over-the-counter hormonal contraception, efficacy of intracervical blocks for pain management during levonorgestrel IUD placement, studies on the mechanism of function of ulipristal acetate, and more.

The CDC’s yearly STD report, potential for a trivalent vaccine for genital herpes in the future, hormonal contraceptive use among women with opioid use disorder, improved patient bleeding patters with correct fundal placement of IUDs, and more.

Talking with patients and their families about sexual and reproductive health conversations

Talking to your patients with HIV about their transmission risk

Using the principles of explicit consent to give patients better care

Being warm and listening to patients has a bigger impact than you might expect.

Experts weigh in on how many women would use IUDs and implants in the absence of barriers.