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Activity Steps

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Description

Method of Participation in the Learning Process/Evaluation Method

Successful completion of this activity includes reading the entire article and successfully completing the post-quiz and an evaluation form.

Getting the Most out of the Activity

As you prepare to participate in this activity, please reflect on your practice and your patients and identify clinical challenges you hope to have addressed.

While participating in the training, identify ways you can use newly acquired knowledge, strategies, and skills to enhance patient outcomes and your own professional development.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity you will be able to:

  1. Counsel adolescents and young adult women about the forms of long-acting reversible contraception that are available in the United States, their effectiveness, and common associated side effects.
  2. Choose the appropriate intrauterine device for the patient and manage insertion-related concerns.
  3. Help adolescents and young adult women to overcome barriers to initiation of long-acting reversible contraception that are specific to their age groups.

Disclosures

All faculty and staff in a position to control the content of this CME activity and their spouses/life partners (if any) have disclosed that they have no financial relationships with, or financial interests in, any commercial organizations pertaining to this educational activity.

Price: $49.00

Credits:

  • ACCME 1.5 CME

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Lippincott Continuing Medical Education Institute, Inc. designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Planner
Professions: Physician
Test Code: PGO0214B
Published: February 2014
Expires: 1/1/2026
Sources: Postgraduate Obstetrics & Gynecology
Required Passing Score: 7/10 (70%)
Authors: Aaron Lazorwitz, MD, and Maryam Guiahi, MD, MSc
Categories: Adolescent Medicine , Evidence-Based Practice , Gynecological , Reproductive Health , Women's Health
Specialties: OB/GYN