Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Council patients on the various methods of contraception:
• Physiologic or pharmacologic basis of action of various methods of contraception
• Effectiveness of various methods of contraception
• Benefits and Risks of various methods of contraception
• Methods of male and female surgical sterilization
• Risks and benefits of procedures (surgical sterilization)
• Factors needed to help the patient make informed decisions (surgical sterilization), including:
• Potential surgical complications (of surgical sterilization)
• Failure rates (of surgical sterilization)
• Reversibility (of surgical sterilization)
• Financial considerations of various methods of contraception
• Sterilization

Tags

Clerkship Obstetrics and Gynecology Rotation Obstetrics and Gynecology Contraception Contraceptive Agents [D27.505.954.705.360]