Contraceptive Pharmacology and Risk Communication: A Case-Based Flipped Classroom Exercise.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Oral contraceptives are widely used for both contraceptive and noncontraceptive purposes. Of women ages 15-44 who have ever had sexual intercourse, 88% have used at least one hormonal contraceptive method. Health care providers caring for reproductive-age women need a strong base of knowledge in hormonal contraception. Those who provide contraceptive counseling must apply this knowledge to shared decision making, including effective quantitative communication.

Methods

Students and faculty at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine created a prerecorded lecture and in-class interactive case on contraceptive pharmacology and risk communication. The 20-minute lecture focused on mechanisms of action, bioavailability, drug-drug interacti

SUBMITTER: Ottolenghi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6354791 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature