The resources in this section were selected based on their utility for faculty and medical students working to strengthen the reproductive health content in their medical schools. The content areas represent a comprehensive perspective on reproductive health and include tools for curriculum development. These resources allow faculty and students to be flexible in designing independent courses and curricula or to supplement existing courses with new content. All resources listed here are free and accessible through the Internet (online) with the exception of the scientific journals. For readers without Internet or email access, we recommend using the mailing addresses in the Organizations section to request specific resources.
These curriculum development tools are provided to assist in course design and curricula development for faculty, trainers, students, and service providers using assessment, training, and evaluation methods. Comprised of sample curricula, training manuals, lesson modules, and checklists, they offer solutions and ideas for developing reproductive health curricula and courses for preservice medical education in low-resource settings as well as for more developed areas. All curriculum development tools presented here are available free online.
ARHP Slide Library (2005)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/slides
Summary: The ARHP Slide Library serves as an index for all of the ARHP slide sets available on the ARHP Web site. Many were developed for ARHP visiting faculty programs for continuing medical education (CME). The slides cover a wide range of reproductive health topics. (Accessed March 24, 2005)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers, program managers, training facilitators
Format: PowerPoint Slides, PDF Slides
Languages: English
COPE Handbook: A Process for Improving Quality in Health Services (2003)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/qi/cope/handbook/index.html
Summary: The COPE (client-oriented, provider-efficient) Handbook builds on lessons learned in more than 45 countries and includes information on orienting managers, training site facilitators, and training clinic staff. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, program managers, training facilitators\
Format: Manual
Languages: English
COPE for Reproductive Health Services: A Toolbook to Accompany the COPE Handbook (2003)
EngenderHealth
http://www.engenderhealth.org/res/offc/qi/cope/toolbook/index.html
Summary: The COPE (client-oriented, provider-efficient) Toolbook is designed for use in conjunction with the new edition of the COPE Handbook. This Toolbook contains a self-assessment tool, client interview guide and resources relevant for providing comprehensive reproductive health services. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, h ealth care providers, training facilitators
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Effective Training in Reproductive Health: Course Design and Delivery. Reference Manual (2003)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/english/publications/training_materials.asp
Summary: This reference manual covers basic steps of effective training, from choosing training sites to thinking and learning patterns. Case studies, training tips, techniques, icebreakers and other exercises are also presented. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, medical students, h ealth care providers, training facilitators
Format: Manual
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Effective Training in Reproductive Health: Course Design and Delivery. Trainer’s Manual (2003)
Ipas
http://www.ipas.org/english/publications/training_materials.asp
Summary: This trainer’s manual is intended for use in training-of-trainers in conjunction with Ipas’ Effective training in reproductive health: Course design and delivery-Reference manual. PowerPoint presentations accompany the manual and additional training exercises are also included. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, medical students, health care providers, training facilitators
Format: Manual, slides
Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish
Framework for Integrated Reproductive Health Training (1997)
JHPIEGO
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6training/process/3FS6FRAE.htm
Summary: This resource proposes a framework for country-specific health and education systems, coordinating preservice and inservice education, and facilitating the development of clinical training and service delivery according to national policy guidelines for standardized quality of care. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers and educators, program managers, training facilitators
Format: Website presentation
Languages: English
International Reproductive Health Sample Curricula (2004)
PATH
http://www.path.org/resources/rh-sample-curricula.htm
Summary: This resource includes curricula from U.S. public health schools that offer international reproductive health coursework. This compilation highlights course objectives, section outlines, class assignments and syllabi. (Accessed August 6, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, h ealth care providers, training facilitators
Format: Website, syllabi
Languages: English
Making It Happen: Using Distance Learning To Improve Reproductive Health Provider Performance (2002)
IntraHealth International
http://www.intrah.org/PDF/DL_high_res.pdf
Summary: Intended for the design of distance learning programs within low-resource settings, this practical how-to guide outlines a clear, readily adaptable process, from the point of conceptualization through evaluation. Helpful examples from various programs’ experiences in developing countries facilitate this process. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, program managers, training facilitators
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Management of Community-Based Family Planning Programs: A Manual for Trainers and a Manual for Trainees (1992)
John Snow International Centre for African Family Studies
SEATS Projects
Center for Population and Family Health—Columbia University
http://www.jsi.com/intl/seats/publications/pub20.html
Summary: The trainers’ manual provides program management guidelines for developing and supervising community-based contraceptive distribution (CBD) programs, designed for individuals seeking to improve or create CBD programs. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, training facilitators
Format: Manual for trainers, manual for trainees
Languages: English
A Medical Student’s Guide to Improving Reproductive Health Curricula (1999, updated 2003)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
Medical Students for Choice (MSFC)
http://www.arhp.org/curriculum
Summary: This updated Guide is a tool for improving reproductive health curricula at medical schools, particularly when used in conjunction with the Reproductive Health Model Curriculum.
Audience: Medical students, medical educators
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Module 1: Implementation Guide, Reproductive Health Model Curriculum, 2 nd Edition (2004)
Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP)
http://www.arhp.org/curriculum
Summary: This Guide provides strategies for integrating the Reproductive Health Model Curriculum into medical school course electives, and includes learning activities, instructional methods, schedule considerations, and evaluation and assessment tools. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, h ealth care providers, medical students
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Module 14: Training of Trainers (1997)
Pathfinder International
http://www.pathfind.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Publications_Training_Modules
Summary: This module equips providers with the information they need to train other service providers. Topics include needs assessment, planning and evaluation, adult learning, facilitation, and training methodologies. (Accessed August 4, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Curriculum module
Languages: English
Preservice Implementation Guide: A Process for Strengthening Preservice Education (2002)
JHPIEGO
http://www.jhpiego.org/scripts/pubs/category_detail.asp?category_id=21
Summary: This manual describes a process for strengthening preservice medical education nationally, as well as institutional level steps for improving existing curricula and implementation methods. (Accessed August 11, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers, medical educators, policymakers
Format: Manual
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Provider Checklists for Reproductive Health Services (2002)
Family Health International (FHI)
http://www.fhi.org/en/RH/Pubs/servdelivery/checklists/index.htm
Summary: These three checklists, based on international medical standards from the WHO and USAID, are intended to help health workers with service delivery and client assistance in making informed decisions about contraception use. The checklists are: How to be Reasonably Sure a Client is Not Pregnant; Checklists for Clients Who Want to Initiate Combined Oral Contraceptives; and Checklists for Clients Who Want to Initiate DMPA (or NET-EN). (Accessed August 13, 2004)
Audience: Health care providers
Format: Checklists
Languages: English, French, Spanish
Reproductive Health Awareness: A Wellness, Self-Care Approach (2003)
The Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA)
http://www.cedpa.org/publications/rhawareness/rhawareness.html
Summary: This manual offers 14 modules addressing issues such as sexuality, self-care, body-awareness, interpersonal communication, and gender. Modules are designed to be used independently or comprehensively, allowing for easy integration into new or existing training programs. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers, training facilitators
Format: Manual, curriculum modules
Languages: English
Reproductive Health Training for Primary Providers: A SourceBook for Curriculum Development (1997)
IntraHealth International
http://www.prime2.org/prime2/techlead/home/49.html
Summary: Each of these modules offers practical advice for framing a curriculum to train primary providers in the implementation, delivery and assessment of client-centered, high-quality, integrated reproductive health care. Modules include counseling, patient education, family planning, maternal and newborn care, postabortion care, and reproductive health services. (Accessed August 13, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, health care providers, training facilitators
Format: Curriculum modules, manual
Languages: English
Starting an International Health Curriculum at Your School (1998)
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
http://www.amsa.org/global/ih/curriculum.cfm
Summary: This guide can assist medical students and faculty seeking to advocate for curriculum change by helping them develop a systematic plan for initiating or modifying the international health curriculum at their schools. (Accessed August 13, 2004)
Audience: Medical students, medical educators
Format: Manual
Languages: English
Transfer of Learning: A Guide for Strengthening the Performance of Health Care Workers (2003)
JHPIEGO
http://www.reproline.jhu.edu/english/6read/6training/tol/CHT_B.HTM
Summary: This section of Transfer of Learning provides advice on designing courses to train health care workers, including guidelines for pre-course preparations and creating course objectives. Emphasis is paid to integrating course themes with the professional goals of the participants’ supervisors. (Accessed August 13, 2004)
Audience: H ealth care providers, training facilitators, program managers
Format: Website presentation
Languages: English
Women’s Health Care Competencies, Sample Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (2004)
Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO)
http://www.apgo.org/binary/Comp.pdf
Summary: T hese eight core competencies focus on women’s health and the role of sex and gender differences in disease and health, and are recommended for undergraduate medical school curricula. (Accessed August 24, 2004)
Audience : Medical educators, training facilitators, academic administrators
Format: Competencies
Languages: English
Women’s Health in the Curriculum: Resource Guide for Faculty (1996)
National Academy on Women’s Health Medical Education
http://webcampus.med.drexel.edu/whep/Nawhme_Resource_Guide_update.pdf
Summary: This Resource Guide provides numerous suggestions for incorporating the subject of women’s health into any curriculum, whether at the undergraduate, residency, or continuing education level. (Accessed August 9, 2004)
Audience: Medical educators, training facilitators, medical students
Format: Manual
Languages: English
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