All women and men of reproductive age will achieve optimal health and wellness, fostering a healthy life course for them and any children they may have.Getting Started: Create or log in to your Thinkific learning site at www.Thinkific.com. You will need to create a new account, which is free and secure. You can view the module slides and videos from the Thinkific learning management platform. You’ll also find your post-test, evaluation links, and certification confirmation on your Thinkific dashboard.
On the Thinkific site, you’ll be able to stream the modules or download to your computer to preview. The post-test must be completed using the Thinkific site. The evaluation for each module must be completed using the link provided on Thinkific.
At the conclusion of the content, there will beinstructions on how to obtain credits. To Obtain Credit You Must:
- Read the educational activity.
- Complete the post-test.
- Answer at least 70% of the post-test questions correctly.
- If you do not pass the post-test, you may take the post-test again.
- Submit evaluation for each module.
Certificates will be available upon completion of the post test. Credit is granted quarterly, so it may take a few months to receive credit for completion of the CME modules.
NOTE the release date for the modules accredited by Albert Einstein College of Medicine was February 24, 2022. The expiration date was February 24, 2024. We apologize for the gap in our ability to provide credits for the course. That is due to a funding shortage. As of October 22, 2024, UNC School of Medicine is actively working to reinstate free nursing credits for these modules. Thank you for your patience.
Copyright: Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the UNC Collaborative for Maternal & Infant Health jointly own or have permission to use the materials that are part of this CME activity on the Internet.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policy: The “Policy on Identification, Mitigation and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships” of Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center requires that any individual in control of content, including faculty, participating in CME/CE activities disclose to the audience all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* in the last 24 months. Any individual in control of content who refuses to disclose, or their disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest will be recused.
Individuals with the absence of relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies will be disclosed to the audience.
All financial relationships of individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME/CE activity has been identified and mitigated prior to this educational activity.
*The ACCME defines an ineligible company as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
COI Details for all involved in module production:
- Amina White – Author
- AnaMaria Martinez – CME Reviewer
- Katherine Bryant – Planning Support
- Erin McClain – Planning Support
- Patty Cason – Author
- Peter Bernstein – Reviewer
- Sarah Verbiest – Project Lead
- Suzanne Woodward – Module Coordinator
- Victor Hatcher – CME Reviewer
None of the planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose, during the last 24 months, with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare.
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, or the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. Please review complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.
Accreditation Statement: As of October 22, 2024, we are in the process of reaccrediting these modules. Thank you for your patience.
Credit Designation Statement: We are in the process of shifting the credit process from Albert Einstein College of Medicine to the UNC School of Medicine. We appreciate your patience during this transition time.
A note of gender, language, and respectful care: This module is designed to help you learn about preconception health care for patients of reproductive age. Although this module uses the terms “women” and “she/ her” pronouns, this language is intended to be inclusive of patients with diverse gender identities. All patients deserve high-quality, safe, respectful care. Please note the use of this icon on various slides as a reminder of the need for respectful, patient-centered care. For more information on how to do this well, see Module 5.
Policy on Privacy and Confidentiality: UNC Maternal & Infant Health and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center, Center for Continuing Medical Education (CCME) both recognize the right of privacy and confidentiality of each participating healthcare provider for which they hold personal information about CME participants. Both institutions uphold the strictest interpretation of all laws regulating the unauthorized disclosure of any and all personal information maintained by them, except as regulated by Federal, New York, and North Carolina law.
Contact Information and Technical Support
Please contact UNC Maternal & Infant Health at sarah_verbiest@med.unc.edu
About the Authors
Dr. Amina White is a board-certified OB/GYN, Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and Research Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at UNC. She completed her undergraduate education at Yale University, obtained her medical degree from Harvard Medical School, and completed her OB/GYN residency training at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, DC. She later pursued formal training in bioethics, obtaining a Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies with a concentration in Ethics from Georgetown University and completing a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health. Her research focuses on the obligations and pressures clinicians face when providing patient-care, trauma-informed approaches in obstetric and gynecologic practice, and the ethics of including pregnant women in clinical trials.
Patty Cason is a family nurse practitioner, trainer, and educator with a specialty in sexual and reproductive health. She has practiced for 38years in a wide variety of clinical and academic settings and is a contracted consultant to training agencies, non-profits, and state departments of health across the United States. Patty developed the “PATH” framework for person-centered reproductive goals and contraception counseling. She is an editor of the 21st Edition of Contraceptive Technology for which she wrote a seminal chapter on reproductive goals and contraception counseling. Patty serves on the ASCCP Board of Directors, the National Medical Committee for Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and several advisory boards including the Clinical Training Center for Family Planning. Patty loves making videos to demonstrate counseling skills. Other publications include research and opinion pieces in peer-reviewed journals, nationally utilized online learning courses, textbook chapters, clinical protocols, job aids, and manuals.
ABOUT HRSA IM CoIIN PRECONCEPTION PROJECT: This project was supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number UF3MC31239-Providing Support For The Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network (CoIIN) To Reduce Infant Mortality. The grant amount totals $1,494,993. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.
