Contraceptive Technology Update (Vol. 38, No. 3)

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Release date: March 2017

Valid through: March 2019

Target Audience

This activity is intended for OB/GYNs, nurses, nurse practitioners, and other family planners.

Subjects

Report: Hormonal Contraception Safer Than Expected for Women with Diabetes
New CDC Report Emphasizes Importance of Zika Screening
Group Calls for Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects
Task Force Recommends Against Genital Herpes Screening
Talk with Older Women About Sexual Activity
New Injectable Focus of HIV PrEP Clinical Trial

Objectives

Identify clinical, legal, or scientific issues related to development and provisions of contraceptive technology or other reproductive services
Describe how those issues affect services and patient care
Integrate practical solutions to problems and information into daily practices, according to advice from nationally recognized family planning experts
Provide practical information that is evidence-based to help clinicians deliver contraceptives sensitively and effectively

Credit Available

Physicians

Maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Nurses

1.5 ANCC Contact Hours

Sponsor

This activity is sponsored by AHC Media.

Accreditation Statement

AHC Media is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Relias Learning, LLC is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Credit Designation

Physicians

AHC Media designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses

This activity has been approved for 1.5 nursing contact hours using a 60-minute contact hour.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP13791, for 1.5 Contact Hours.

Nurses licensed in California should retain this credit letter for four years.

Faculty Listing

Author

Rebecca Bowers

Editors

Editor: Jill Drachenberg

Assistant Editor: Jonathan Springston

Executive Editor: Shelly Mark

Senior Accreditations Officer: Lee Landenberger

Nurse Planner: Melanie Deal

Physician Reviewer: Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH

Financial Disclosure

Contraceptive Technology Update's Financial Disclosure: Consulting Editor Robert A. Hatcher, MD, MPH, Nurse Planner Melanie Deal, MS, WHNP-BC, FNP-BC, Editor Rebecca Bowers, Assistant Editor Jonathan Springston, Editor Jill Drachenberg, Executive Editor Shelly Mark, and Senior Accreditations Officer Lee Landenberger report no consultant, stockholder, speaker’s bureau, research, or other financial relationships with companies having ties to this field of study.

Contraceptive Technology Update (Vol. 38, No. 3) - March 1, 2017