TEACH Abortion Training Curriculum (8th Edition)

The TEACH Abortion Training Curriculum is an all-inclusive interactive curriculum with tools to train existing and aspiring reproductive health providers to competence. The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) gutting of nearly 50 years of federal reproductive protections and the subsequent devolution of the reproductive health care and training landscape has caused devastating health consequences for people with reproductive potential. More than ever, TEACH is committed to training, supporting, and mobilizing all primary care clinicians to help ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion, for all. Primary care clinicians globally serve an important role in the provision of reproductive health services as they practice in diverse, rural, and underserved areas (Graham 2005), receive procedural training, and care for patients throughout their reproductive years. This text is primarily U.S.- focused, with expanded global reporting for a growing global audience. This curriculum will help primary care providers better serve people with reproductive potential. Many skills include options counseling, pregnancy dating, timely referrals, miscarriage management, abortion care, aftercare, and contraceptive provision. Rooted in the tenets of Reproductive Justice, the TEACH Curriculum reminds providers that providing reproductive healthcare is critical—for autonomy, dignity, and ensuring that people can make decisions about their own bodies and futures. In this way, the curriculum is a tool not only for skill-building, but also for empowering providers to recognize the role they play in shaping the future of abortion and reproductive healthcare—one rooted in resilience, connection, and unwavering commitment to those they serve.

Visit the TEACH Curriculum homepage to access the curriculum content, or select the REGISTER tab above to access the content with CE credit.

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Training Plans

Review the suggested  TEACH Training Plans to customize your curriculum according to your training goals:

1. Foundational Abortion Training (Medication and Procedural Abortion): Chapters 1-9 (up to 27 hours)

2. Medication Abortion Only: Chapters 1-4, plus Chapter 9 (up to 15 hours)

3. Partial Participation / Opt-Out Training: Chapter 1-4, 7-8 (up to 18 hours)

4. Advanced Training (optional, depending on advancing practice): 

   1. Practice Integration (up to 3 additional hours)

   2. Becoming a Trainer (up to 3 additional hours)

   3. Incremental Expansion of Abortion Care (up to 3 additional hours)

5.  Entire Foundational and Advanced Abortion Training: Full curriculum (up to 36 hours)

Key features of online training

• CE-accredited - health care professions can earn 3.0 credit hours for each completed module (maximum of 36 credits) toward CME and CE requirements.

• Self-paced interaction with 12 interactive modules short knowledge checks, and review of web-based resources provide all the training required.

• Designed for all physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician associates, licensed midwives and other non-licensed staff who see patients who are pregnant.

1. Chapter 1: Abortion in Perspective: - Explore personal values about pregnancy options - Describe constraints on reproductive care and access
2. Chapter 2: Counseling and Informed Consent - Apply patient-centered counseling methods - Provide information on medication, aspiration, and help patients navigate barriers
3. Chapter 3: Pre-Abortion Evaluation - Use clinical measures to accurately confirm and date pregnancy, safely perform abortion, and know when to consult/refer. - Use ultrasound and labs to confirm intrauterine, ectopic, or pregnancy of unknown location.
4. Chapter 4: Medication Abortion - Effectively counsel, evaluate patients prior to medication abortion, and discuss criteria for follow-up
5. 5: Pain Management and Other Medications - Describe antibiotic prophylaxis, Rh-D immunoglobulin, and cervical ripening for abortion - List pain management options, opioid considerations, and perform paracervical block - Appropriately manage clinical emergencies
6. Chapter 6: Uterine Aspiration Procedure - Approach communication and care with trauma-informed lens - List uterine aspiration steps, aftercare, and complication management - Evaluate tissue to confirm completion of procedure
7. Chapter 7: Contraception - Describe options, contraindications, and side effects for contraceptive methods - Facilitate patient-centered contraceptive counseling
8. Chapter 8: Early Pregnancy Loss Management - Appropriately diagnose, counsel, and manage early pregnancy loss - Present expectant, medication and aspiration management options
9. Chapter 9: Becoming a Provider, Advocate, and Leader - Identify opportunities to build and maintain skills, and to gain experience in advocacy
10. Chapter 10: Practice Integration - Build buy-in among staff and key-stakeholders’ find ongoing support - Discuss steps to integrate care - List pertinent legal, malpractice, and security aspects for your setting
11. Chapter 11: Becoming a Trainer - Balance needs of learners/patients for patient-centered care and safety - Provide useful feedback, and assess trainee competence using objective tools free of bias
12. Chapter 12: Incremental Expansion of Abortion Care - Explore and clarify values around abortion with advancing gestational duration - List options and key preparations for providing abortion care > 14 weeks gestation - List cervical preparation, key instruments, medications and techniques for abortion care 14-18 weeks gestation

Course Number: MMJ29048

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Registration will close on 06/15/2029 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.  

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by UCSF Office of CME and TEACH Training. UCSF Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

ACCME Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this live Activity for a maximum of 36.00 AMA PRA Category 1™ Credit(s).

Advance Practice Registered Nurses and Registered Nurses: For the purpose of recertification, the American Nurses Credentialing Center accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME.

Physician Assistants: The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that the AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification.

California Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing professional education those courses that meet the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and have been approved for AMA PRA category 1 Credit^TM. If you are a pharmacist in another state, you should check with your state board for approval of this credit.

California Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts for continuing education credit courses that are provided by entities approved by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME). AMA PRA Category 1 Credit^TM is acceptable to meeting the CE requirements for the California Board of Psychology. Providers in other states should check with their state boards for acceptance of CME credit.

ANCC Credit: UCSF Office of CME designates this Activity for a maximum of 36.00 ANCC contact hours.

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This UCSF continuing education activity was planned and developed to: uphold academic standards to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor; adhere to requirements to protect health information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA); and, include a mechanism to inform learners when unapproved or unlabeled uses of therapeutic products or agents are discussed or referenced.

UCSF adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including content planners, reviewers, authors, presenters, moderators, panelists, or others are required to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible entities. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.