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Abortion Training Roadmap

Find the resources to become an abortion provider, at any stage of your medical career...

Find the resources to become an abortion provider, at any stage of your medical career...

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  • Additional Training Resources
  • Roadmap
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  • Training after Dobbs
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Schedule an Individual Consult

If you are interested in getting trained in abortion care, the first step is to check out our list of RHEDI programs, and/or reach out to Medical Students for Choice and the Midwest Access Project. If you have questions about specific programs, or would like some one-on-one advice, please email us at info@rhedi.org. 

Abortion Training after Dobbs

Following the Dobbs decision, there may be changes to the training opportunities described here, particularly for those living or working in states with abortion bans and restrictions. New laws and policies may impact clinical and even didactic training in those jurisdictions. They may also affect funding, malpractice coverage, and licensure for away electives and other training opportunities.

Please work closely with your residency program to understand any impact this may have on your training plans. You can also consult the following resources to see the current state of abortion regulations and restrictions and to seek out individualized legal, regulatory, and digital security advice:

Legal/Regulatory Assistance

Policy Trackers

Digital Security Assistance

About the Abortion Training Roadmap

This page provides an overview of abortion training resources and opportunities at every step of the journey to becoming a physician. Though not exhaustive, it consolidates resources that facilitate access to abortion training at your college, medical school, residency program, or workplace.

It is based on a website created by Dr. Roshni Kakaiya, who at the time of its creation was a family medicine resident passionate about abortion training. It is meant to encourage and support others who have similar interests and are looking for guidance and resources. This project was completed with support from the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation through its FM Leads – Emerging Leader Institute program. We at RHEDI are grateful to have worked with Dr. Kakaiya to provide ongoing support for this resource.  We congratulate her on winning the Best Leadership Project Award in her Class of 2020 American Academy of Family Physicians Emerging Leaders Institute cohort for the Abortion Training Roadmap.

Conferences

AAFP National Conference

Join us for three invigorating days where you’ll have the opportunity to meet with hundreds of residency programs, network with your peers, listen to inspiring speakers, and engage in one-of-a-kind experiences….
Conference Begins:
July 27, 2023
Conference Ends:
July 29, 2023
Season: Summer

ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting

Brings together leading health professionals to examine and discuss skill development, best practices in patient care, and the most up-to-date clinical content for obstetricians and gynecologists….
Conference Begins:
May 19, 2023
Conference Ends:
May 21, 2023
Season: Spring

AMSA Annual Convention: Future Physicians for Change

Once a year, medical students, physicians and innovators from around the globe convene for a single purpose: to empower future physicians to become leaders — ushers of a more equitable realm of medicine. This…
Conference Begins:
June 15, 2023
Conference Ends:
June 17, 2023
Season: Summer

Black Maternal Health Week

BMHW is a week-long campaign founded and led by the Black Mamas Matter Alliance​ to build awareness, activism, and community-building​ to amplify ​the voices, perspectives and lived experiences of Black Mamas and birthing people….
Conference Begins:
April 11, 2023
Conference Ends:
April 17, 2023
Season: Spring

FMEC Annual Meeting

The 2023 Annual Meeting will be October 13-15, 2023, at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, RI. Hotels will be the Omni and Graduate Hotels. Watch for the call for educational program and…
Conference Begins:
October 13, 2023
Conference Ends:
October 15, 2023
Season: Fall

FMX | Family Medicine Experience

The Family Medicine Experience (FMX), the American Academy of Family Physicians’ (AAFP) largest annual meeting, provides five days of education, networking, inspiration, and patient-centered solutions for thousands of family physicians. Since 1949, this annual…
Conference Begins:
October 26, 2023
Conference Ends:
October 29, 2023
Season: Fall

LMSA National Conference

This event represents the latest product of a grassroots, student-driven movement that begins in the 1960’s, aimed at improving healthcare for underserved communities in the United States. To better foster the development of trainees…
Conference Begins:
September 14, 2023
Conference Ends:
September 17, 2023
Season: Fall

MSFC Annual Conference on Family Planning

This year’s virtual conference will focus on a theme of Physicians as Advocates: Liberating Abortion Through Training and Education and will feature pre-conference workshops including Values Clarification, Organizing 101 and Curriculum Reform, as well…
Conference Begins:
December 2, 2023
Conference Ends:
December 3, 2023
Season: Winter

NAPCRG Annual Meeting

NAPCRG’s Annual Meeting is a forum for primary care researchers from across the globe to gather and present their research, collaborate for new research and foster growth for up-and-coming researchers….
Conference Begins:
October 30, 2023
Conference Ends:
November 3, 2023
Season: Fall

National Abortion Federation Annual Meeting

NAF’s Annual Meeting is the primary venue for presentation of the latest research, innovations, and policies that affect abortion care provision around the world. The meeting includes specialized seminars and clinical workshops, as well…
Note: For security, location and exact dates disclosed only to registered attendees.
Conference Begins:
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Conference Ends:
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Season: Spring

SisterSong: Let’s Talk About Sex Conference

Boldly spotlights the connections between sex, sexuality, and the reproductive health and rights of our families and communities. Opens up conversations about sex, sexuality, bodily autonomy and so much more….
Conference Begins:
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Conference Ends:
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Season: Summer

Society of Family Planning Annual Meeting

Join other scholars, clinicians, and partners united by a shared interest to advance science that will lead to just and equitable abortion and contraception….
Conference Begins:
October 28, 2023
Conference Ends:
October 30, 2023
Season: Fall

STFM Annual Spring Conference

Networking forum for family medicine educators. More than 400 educational and interactive workshops, seminars, lecture-discussions, papers, hot-topic special sessions, and poster presentations….
Conference Begins:
May 4, 2024
Conference Ends:
May 8, 2024
Season: Spring

STFM Conference on Medical Student Education

Skills and resources to educate and empower medical students to become competent, compassionate, collaborative, and creative physicians to address the health needs of our communities. Network with family medicine educators, coordinators, administrators, students, residents,…
Conference Begins:
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Conference Ends:
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Season: Winter

SRH Organizations

Abortion Training Centers

A consortium of abortion clinics committed to providing opportunities for clinicians to learn abortion care in small group clinical settings….

Guttmacher Institute

Guttmacher advances sexual and reproductive health and rights in the United States and worldwide through their interrelated program of research, public education and policy analysis….

Gynuity Health Projects

Gynuity works globally to ensure that reproductive health technologies are widely available at reasonable cost, provided in the context of high-quality services, and offered in a way that recognizes the dignity and autonomy of each individual….

Innovating Education in Reproductive Health

Cultivates clinicians who offer high-quality, patient-centered, comprehensive reproductive healthcare by generating, curating, and disseminating novel curricula, learning tools, and research for educators….

Ipas

A global nongovernmental organization dedicated to ending preventable deaths and disabilities from unsafe abortion….

Medical Students for Choice

Medical Students for Choice works to create tomorrow’s abortion providers and pro-choice physicians by amplifying student voices….

Midwest Access Project

The Midwest Access Project trains providers in abortion, miscarriage care, contraception, and pregnancy options counseling….

National Abortion Federation (NAF)

The professional association of abortion providers in North America. The mission of the National Abortion Federation is to unite, represent, serve, and support abortion providers in delivering patient-centered, evidence-based care….

Papaya Workshop

The Papaya Workshop engagingly teaches manual vacuum aspiration, IUD placement, and other gynecologic skills, using papayas as uterine models….

Physicians for Reproductive Health (PRH)

Unites the medical community and concerned supporters to improve access to comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, especially to meet the health care needs of economically disadvantaged patients….

Provide

Offers professional development training and technical assistance on how to give accurate, informed, and non-judgmental referrals for abortion care….

Reproductive Health Access Project (RHAP)

The Reproductive Health Access Project trains, supports, and mobilizes primary care clinicians to ensure equitable access to sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion….

Ryan Program

A national initiative to integrate and enhance family planning training for obstetrics and gynecology residents….

Society of Family Planning

The Society of Family Planning (SFP) advances family planning research and education, providing evidence-based insight to improve clinical care in the areas of contraception and abortion. SFP also seeks to cultivate a collaborative and supportive environment to foster scholarly activity and leadership in the areas of reproductive health and family planning….

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine

A national community of academic leaders committed to developing an accomplished family medicine workforce, prepared to serve as the foundation of America’s health care system. Our members include physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, behavioral health specialists, researchers, nurses and other health care professionals, health system executives, administrators, fellows, residents, students, and others involved in the education of family physicians….

TEACH

Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare and the Early Abortion Training Workbook provide curricular and practice resources to integrate abortion into primary care….

Reproductive Justice Resources

Afiya Center

The Afiya Center uses the reproductive justice framework to bring awareness to the connections between reproductive oppression and the increased transmission of HIV to women of color….

Black Mamas Matter Alliance

BMMA provides technical assistance, training, and capacity building for grassroots organizations, maternity care service providers, academia, and the public health industry….

Black Women’s Blueprint

Black Women’s Blueprint is a survivor-founded movement to place black women’s lives and concerns within the political, civil and human rights concerns….

SisterSong

SisterSong works to build an effective network of individuals and organizations to improve institutional policies and systems that impact the reproductive lives of marginalized communities….

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