SIGN UP FOR UPDATES DONATE NOW ABOUT US OUR WORK WHERE WE WORK RESOURCES COVID-19 RESPONSE Training resources We have developed safe abortion care training materials to meet the varied needs of health systems and the contexts in which they work. Please contact clinicalupdates@ipas.org with any questions, feedback or inquiries about ordering printed materials. You can also view our collection of resources for health professionals, including resources, tools and job aids for clinicians. RESOURCES FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS Before 13 Weeks curricula Woman-Centered, Comprehensive Abortion Care Reference Manual, Second Edition This manual provides guidance to health-care personnel on improving the quality of care available to women seeking uterine evacuation services. Read more Woman-Centered, Comprehensive Abortion Care Trainer’s Manual, Second Edition This manual is a resource for trainers who lead training courses for health-care workers delivering all elements of woman-centered, comprehensive abortion care, including postabortion care. It contains all of the instructions and materials needed to help participants develop the knowledge and skills necessary to provide high-quality care. Read more Medical Abortion Toolkit A set of guides and related resources providing up-to-date clinical information, activities and learning materials for trainers to use in helping health-care workers acquire the appropriate knowledge, attitudes and practical skills they need to provide first-trimester medical abortion. Read more At or after 13 week curricula Dilatation & Evacuation (D&E) Reference Guide: Induced abortion and postabortion care at or after 13 weeks gestation (‘second trimester’) This reference guide provides information and recommendations based on evidence for dilatation and evacuation (D&E), a form of abortion that utilizes a combination of specialized forceps and vacuum aspiration to evacuate the uterus at or after 13 weeks gestation, for women who need either induced abortion, treatment of incomplete abortion or postabortion care. Read more Medical Abortion Reference Guide: Induced abortion and postabortion care at or after 13 weeks gestation (‘second trimester’) This reference guide provides information and recommendations based on evidence for medical abortion at or after 13 weeks gestation, sometimes called induction abortion or termination in the second trimester, using misoprostol-based regimens (mifepristone plus misoprostol or misoprostol only) for women who need either induced abortion, treatment of incomplete abortion or postabortion care. Read more Training curriculum for abortion at or after 13 weeks Medical abortion at or after 13 weeks gestation (‘second trimester’) and Postabortion care at or after 13 weeks gestation (‘second trimester’) each provide up-to-date clinical information, activities and learning materials for trainers. Read more Second-Trimester Abortion: A Toolkit for Service Delivery This guidance is designed for any health facility planning to expand its abortion services to include abortions in the second trimester of pregnancy. Read more Postabortion care Misoprostol use in postabortion care: A service delivery toolkit This toolkit is designed to help district or national-level clinicians, facility managers or program managers initiate the use of misoprostol as a medical treatment for incomplete abortion or integrate misoprostol into existing postabortion care services. Read more Woman-centered postabortion care: Reference manual, Second Edition This manual is designed to prepare health-care workers to provide women with high-quality postabortion care services. It is useful for a broad audience—including clinicians, trainers, program managers and outreach workers. It provides in-depth clinical information on safe, effective options for first-trimester uterine evacuation and addresses broader service delivery and access issues, including the rights of young women, client-provider communication, and monitoring to improve services. It may be used for countries where there are no legal indications for induced abortion or where there are significant restrictions on induced abortion. Read more General abortion training Disability inclusion in reproductive health programs: An orientation and values clarification toolkit This toolkit provides all the resources needed to plan workshops for organizations that want to build a disability inclusion mindset among their staff and partners who work on abortion and sexual and reproductive health and rights programs. Read more Abortion attitude transformation: A values clarification toolkit for global audiences This toolkit is a resource for trainers, program managers and technical advisors who organize or facilitate training events and advocacy workshops in the field of sexual and reproductive health. It provides experienced trainers with the background information, materials, instructions, and tips necessary to effectively facilitate abortion values clarification and attitude transformation interventions. Read more Abortion attitude transformation: Values clarification activities adapted for young women This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit (Ipas, 2013). It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion. Read more Effective training in reproductive health: Course design and delivery. Reference manual. This manual is intended for use in training-of-trainers courses. Read more Youth act for safe abortion: A training guide for future health professionals This guide is a resource for future health professionals who want to learn about and engage in abortion issues. Abortion is a critical but often neglected area of women’s rights, women’s health and health science education. The guide was developed for health sciences students—including students in medicine, nursing, midwifery, pharmacology, public health and other related fields—and can be adapted for other audiences too. Read more Providers as advocates for safe abortion care: A training manual Organized in four parts, this training manual aims to foster an advocacy perspective in health-care providers who are involved in delivering abortion and/or postabortion care. The manual will help providers recognize their personal power as advocates and identify different circumstances and means to advocate for comprehensive abortion care to the full limits of the law. Read more Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit This publication supplements Abortion care for young women: A training toolkit. It modifies six values clarification and attitude transformation activities to focus specifically on young women and abortion. Read more Clinical Mentoring and Provider Support for Abortion-Related Care This training manual is for clinical mentors and others providing clinical and programmatic support to health-care providers offering abortion-related care. It includes content, activities and materials to improve their knowledge, attitudes and skills for clinical mentoring and provider support. Read more IpasUniversity, or IpasU, is your gateway to learning about safe abortion and postabortion care. Courses in English and Spanish are designed for clinicians and other professionals who work in reproductive health programming. 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