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Women's health clinicians will take a hard look at cancer screening regimens now that new guidance has been issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG).
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Many clinicians are familiar with continuous use of oral contraceptives, but how about extended regimen use of the vaginal ring?
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While some clinicians think women will not be willing to place a foreign body into the vagina and then remove it, other providers have been successful in introducing women to the vaginal contraceptive ring (NuvaRing, Schering-Plough Corp.; Kenilworth, NJ). Exactly how is the method presented to women by those clinicians?
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When discussing sexual health with patients, does lubricant use come up in the conversation? Such discussion might be helpful.
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Does your paycheck seem to go a little less far these days? No surprise. Results of the Contraceptive Technology Update Salary Survey indicate that 38% saw a 1%-3% increase in salary in the past year, with 40% seeing no change.
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Your clinic has distributed brochures on contraceptive methods, put up posters in the waiting room and exam rooms, and passed out printed information along with pill packs.
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How often do you include counseling on long-acting reversible contraceptives in your discussions of birth controls? Look for new opportunities, according to a recent presentation by Michael Policar, MD, MPH, medical director of the University of California San Francisco/Family PACT Program Support and Evaluation in Sacramento.
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Clinicians are familiar with use of dedicated emergency contraceptive (EC) products such as Plan B One-Step (Teva Pharmaceuticals USA) and Next Choice (Watson Pharmaceuticals), as well as the EC use of the copper T380A intrauterine device (ParaGard IUD, Duramed Pharmaceuticals).
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Flip through your patient files from the last week. If you see heavy menstrual bleeding checked several times in your charts, there's a good reason: One-third of all women report such bleeding at some point during their lives.
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Shannon is a 15-year-old patient who is sexually active. She has previously used oral contraceptives, but Shannon experienced an unplanned pregnancy when she missed several days of pills in her pill pack and failed to come in for emergency contraception. What birth control methods can you offer?
