Sexual Health | Gynaecology for GUM | Termination of Pregnancy (Therapeutic Abortion)
Termination of pregnancy (therapeutic abortion)
Session overview
Description
This session will ensure the learner has an appreciation of the legality of therapeutic abortion; the different methods of therapeutic abortion; indications for each of these methods; the counselling of clients and abortion statistics by category.
Learning objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- define the legality of abortion
- identify the procedures that should be undertaken before an abortion
- recognise the different forms of therapeutic abortion
- describe the indications for each method of abortion
- recognise the possible side effects and risks of abortions
- describe the counselling of clients
- define the categories of abortion statistics
Prerequisites
Before commencing this session you should read:
- Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Best practice in abortion care. London: RCOG, 2022. View document.
- National Institute for Care and Excellence. NICE guideline 140. Abortion care. London: NICE, 2019. View website.
Induced abortion is one of the most commonly performed gynaecological procedures in Great Britain, with around 200,000 terminations performed annually in England and Wales and 13,000 in Scotland [1](read details regarding the reference).
Because of the varying arrangements for provision, the clinical management of women requesting abortion spans a number of care sectors and involves a range of professionals.
- The Returning Traveller course for GPs
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-24
- Location:Online
- This session is the third in a series of sessions about travel advice for patients and provides a br...
- Malaria course for GPs
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-24
- Location:Online
- This session will help GPs to provide balanced, safe and sensible advice to patients travelling to m...
- Pre-Travel Advice course for GPs
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-24
- Location:Online
- This session is the first in a series of sessions about travel advice for patients and provides a br...
- Guiding and Enabling Behaviour Change course for G...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-24
- Location:Online
- This session aims to equip you with the knowledge and understanding of how to take a guiding and col...
- Managing Obesity: Supporting Behaviour Change cour...
- Posted By eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
- Posted Date: 2024-12-24
- Location:Online
- This session looks at the type of support and services that can be offered for both children and adu...