The UCSF Bixby Center's Beyond the Pill program is pleased to partner with the Take Control Initiative to bring you this interactive in-person training. All staff are welcome to attend, including administrative staff, clinicians, front desk staff, health educators, medical assistants, nurses, and other staff types.

Event Schedule:

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Breakfast Provided

9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Contraceptive Guidelines, Best Practices & Updates (3 CME credits)

This session reviews evidence-based guidelines for providing the full range of contraceptive methods. We will review patient eligibility, compare and contrast side effects and benefits, and discuss common misconceptions and concerns about contraception.

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch Provided

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Contraceptive Counseling Fundamentals (1.5 CME credits)

This session focuses on patient-centered counseling techniques and shared decision-making. Through interactive case studies, participants will become more comfortable responding to common patient concerns around birth control and counseling on side effects.

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Break

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Trauma Informed Care (0.5 CME credits)

This session reviews principles of trauma-informed care. Participants will discuss techniques for applying these principles to patient encounters and review practices and clinic policies that uphold patient autonomy.

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Break

3:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Contraceptive Care for Individuals with Bigger Bodies (1.5 CME credits)

This session will review weight stigma, the Health at Every Size® framework, and best practices and updated evidence for the provision of contraception for patients with bigger bodies.

Who is Beyond the Pill?

Beyond the Pill, a program of the UCSF Bixby Center, is working to transform contraceptive care by bringing our evidence-based training on the full range of contraceptive methods to healthcare providers and clinic staff throughout the US. These trainings focus on best practices and help people access all methods of birth control, while upholding their autonomy in reproductive health decisions.

Logistics

Prior to the training, you will receive an email from Qualtrics/Alejandra Alvarez with a unique link to a pre-training survey. The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete and is instrumental in helping us improve our trainings. Please note that the email may be sorted into your spam/quarantine mailbox, depending on your email settings. Questions or technical difficulties? Please contact Erica Somerson at erica.somerson@ucsf.edu.

Accreditation

Beyond the Pill: Expanding Reproductive Autonomy and Contraceptive Access. UCSF CME Course #MMC24087. In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco 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.

UCSF designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.