A newsletter from the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning
A newsletter from the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning
Clinical Connections
A Newsletter from the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning

Announcing the
National Reproductive Health Conference 2022!
Charting the Course to Quality, Equity, and Access


August 9 - 12, 2022
San Francisco Marriot Marquis

Both live and virtual conference options available
Registration opens April 2022!


Register for Upcoming NCTCFP Events

Providing Family Planning Services to Patients with Substance Use Disorders

Clinician Café

Week of March 28 - April 1

This self-paced café will explore how substance use can affect how people access sexual and reproductive health care and strategies clinicians can use in providing care to these clients. This Clinician Cafe is co-sponsored with the Prevention Technology Transfer Center and Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network Coordinating Offices. CE Available, amount pending.
Register for Clinician Cafe

Natural Cycles Fertility App

Drop In Active Learning Session (DIALS)
April 21, 2022 @ 10am CT

This Drop In Active Learning Session will focus on understanding and supporting client use of the FDA-cleared Natural Cycles fertility app. Facilitator Jack Pearson, PhD, Medical Affairs Manager at Natural Cycles, will provide background information and research about the app and share how a client would use it.
Register for DIALS

New Products from NCTCFP 

An Introduction to Teen Dating Violence

Podcast

The NCTCFP speaks with Liz Miller, MD, PhD from the University of Pittsburgh about teen dating violence and how family planning clinicians can address it in their practices. Listen to the podcast.

Teen Dating Violence

Articles of Interest

This Article of Interest activity aims to assist clinical services providers with understanding the problem and identifying risk markers for assessing adolescents who may be at risk for victimization in their romantic relationships.1.0 CNE and CPH Available.  Read the articles on HealtheKnoweldge.

What You May Have Missed

ASCCP Mobile App

Drop In Active Learning Session

View DIALS presented by Sarah Diemert, WHNP

Virtual IUC Training

New Dates Available

The NCTCFP offers completely Virtual IUC Training! We ship the IUC demo kits and pelvic model right to your door and give you the link to the online pre-work.
Join us over Zoom for a brief review followed by hands-on practice. Return the pelvic model to us within 7 days of your training. Just added June and September dates. May dates are still available but filling up quickly! View the calendar and register now to save your space!

March is Endometriosis Awareness Month


Resources to learn more about Endometriosis include the Office of Women's Health and Cochrane

March National HIV/AIDS Awareness Days

March hosts two National HIV/AIDS awareness days. Below are links to the CDC Resource toolkits for these important awareness days, as well as digital resources for clinicians to share from CDC's Let's Stop HIV Together campaign. 
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awarenes Day National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day PrEP works for All Genders
Your Clinical Connections

From the Office of Population Affairs

Reaffirming HHS Support and Protection for LGBTQI+ Children

Statement on March 2, 2022, by HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra Reaffirming HHS Support and Protection for LGBTQI+ Children and Youth. This includes an Information Memorandum, a guidance-PDF on patient privacy, and a guidance-PDF on gender-affirming care.


Seeking Title X Program Review Consultants

OPA is recruiting clinical, fiscal, and administrative reviewers—who are not currently employed by a Title X grantee—to conduct upcoming, virtual Title X Program Reviews. If you know someone who is interested, please have them send an email with the subject "Title X Program Reviewer” including their interest, contact information, and resume or CV to OPASupport@norc.org.

From Clue Birth Control

Paid Survey for Health Care Providers

Clue is looking for feedback on their mHealth application. Licensed medical professionals may qualify to be compensated $150-$350 for participating in an online focus group. Find out more.

From the Reproductive Health National Training Center

Upcoming Webinar: Building a Supportive Environment for Staff Retention in Family Planning Settings Webinar

Thursday, April 14 at 3pm ET 

Staff retention has been a long-standing challenge for many Title X agencies, a reality made worse by the pandemic. Join the RHNTC for a webinar sharing concrete solutions and frameworks to help your agency reduce burnout among staff and retain your workforce. Participants will learn actionable next steps for building a supportive organizational climate to increase staff retention within family planning settings. This webinar is intended for those in management-level positions, including Title X program managers, administrators, clinic directors, HR staff, etc. Register for the webinar.

Introducing the Reproductive Well-being Framework Podcast Series

A new three-episode podcast series from the Reproductive Health National Training Center (RHNTC) explores the Reproductive Well-Being Framework. The framework strives to ensure that all people have equitable access to the information, services, systems, and support they need to make their own decisions related to sexuality and reproduction throughout their lives. Hosted by Dr. Raegan McDonald-Mosley, CEO of Power to Decide, this series provides an overview of the framework and how this approach can support clients to determine if, when, and under what circumstances to have a child and to support a healthy start for the next generation. Listen and subscribe to the RHNTC podcast: http://rhntc.org/repro-well-being

Updated Pregnancy Testing & Counseling eLearning

This eLearning course can help individuals provide Title X-compliant pregnancy testing and counseling, a core family planning service. The course has been updated to comply with 2021 Title X Regulations, which state that all clients must be offered the opportunity to be provided information and counseling regarding each of the following options: prenatal care and delivery; infant care, foster care, or adoption; and pregnancy termination. Participants can earn 2.0 contact hours of CE for completing the course. Register for the course.

Family Planning Coding Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

This new job aid from the RHNTC provides answers to frequently asked questions that Title X clinical services providers, billing staff, and/or grantee staff may have about coding for family planning services, preventive medicine visits, and telehealth visits. It also reflects updated evaluation and management (E/M) guidance that went into effect on January 1, 2021.



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Since 2006, the National Clinical Training Center for Family Planning has delivered continuous, high-quality clinical skills training and resources to health care providers within the Title X and related public health communities. Visit www.ctcfp.org for more training and resources.

For information about CE Disclosures please see the corresponding documents linked to each training or activity located in their respective platforms.

The National Clinical Training Center is funded by Award No. 1 FPTPA006031-01-00 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH), Office of Population Affairs (OPA). The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of HHS, OASH, or OPA.
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