Be an advisor. Medical questions often arise with pregnancy help center clients, and timely access to professional information is very helpful. A pregnancy help center may need guidance in setting policies. Help with training. A pregnancy help center may need medical expertise to teach its personnel about female reproductive physiology, pregnancy complications and other such topics.
Centers often have training for new volunteers and ongoing in-service presentations.
Serve on the board of directors. Having a physician on the board gives a pregnancy help center more credibility in the community as well as providing a medical perspective to the workings of the center. The initials behind your name hold authority with many people. A doctor's advice can be extremely influential to a woman, her partner, her family and her friends at this critical time. Teach in the community.