Teaching healthcare students about abortion

Welcome to this Making Abortion Safe course on Teaching healthcare students about abortion.

This course contains videos, activities and references to help you explore:

• the importance of including abortion in healthcare education
• key barriers to providing comprehensive undergraduate teaching on abortion, and how these barriers might be addressed
• how individuals might advocate for comprehensive abortion education for healthcare students
• the aims and content of well-evaluated teaching on abortion at a UK medical school.
• The course also contains additional resources on teaching healthcare students about abortion for healthcare providers and educators.

When you have completed this course, you will be able to:

• explain why teaching healthcare students and postgraduate trainees about abortion is important
• outline key barriers to providing comprehensive education on abortion to healthcare students
• explain how to advocate for comprehensive undergraduate teaching on abortion
• describe the aims and content of well-evaluated teaching on abortion at a UK medical school.