Community Education

Our outreach includes webinars, workshops, and conference presentations.

Webinars

Reproductive Justice 101 Webinar

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RHEDI hosts webinars to bring contemporary issues regarding reproductive justice and medical inequity to a wider audience of primary care providers. Recent webinars have also addressed shifting REMS regulations and legal and regulatory compliance in abortion care. (Recordings may be available upon request.) A recording of our initial webinar, featuring Monica Simpson, the Executive Director of SisterSong, is available here and on our videos page.

Grand Rounds Speakers

RHEDI provides speakers free of charge to Family Medicine residency programs throughout the US, for Grand Rounds presentations on a range of reproductive health topics. We offer interactive, evidence-based presentations addressing the role of family physicians in providing reproductive health serves in a family medicine setting. 

Topics we have covered in the past include:

  • Abortion Care in Primary Care
  • Medication Abortion in the Family Medicine Setting
  • CDC’s Medical Eligibility Criteria (MEC) for Contraceptive Use
  • IUD Insertion Workshop
  • Why Delay? The Evidence for Timely Initiation of Contraception
  • Pregnancy Options Counseling
  • Office-Based Miscarriage Management
  • Politics of Reproductive Health Care
  • Integrating the Reproductive Justice Framework into Primary Care

For more information, contact info@rhedi.org.

CONFERENCES

RHEDI participates in and presents at numerous family medicine and reproductive health conferences. Email info@rhedi.org to learn more about when and where we are presenting, and come say hello at our booth!

Upcoming

We are delighted to announce that RHEDI staff, directors, and partners will be presenting and supporting a number of presentations and sessions at the 2023 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s Annual Spring Conference. Please find us at the following sessions:

“We Are Tired”: Strategies to Mitigate the Personal Toll of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Antiracism Work; Session PR04. 1:00  p.m. – 5:00 p.m., 4/29; Kento Sonoda, MD, AAHIVS; Krys Foster, MD, FAAFP, MPH; Yohualli Anaya, MD, MPH, MPH; Keyona Oni, MD, FAAFP; Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH; Sarah Gerrish, MD; Angela Echiverri, MD, MPH; Kristin Reavis, MD; Kathryn Fraser, PhD

Supporting Patients After Dobbs: What Every Non-Abortion Provider Should Know; Session S29. 7:45 a.m. – 8:45 a.m., 5/1; Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH; Ian Lague, MS

Reproductive Health Access: Brainstorm Challenges and Ways to Assist Reproductive Health Justice; Session RD09; 7:00 – 8:00 a.m., 4/30; Baotran Vo, MD

Community-Centered Care: Improving Resident Education on Transgender and Gender Diverse Patient Populations; Session RD24. 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m., 4/30; Isabelle Carbone, BA; Gwendolyn Clark;  Chyleigh Harmon

Step by Step Guide to Medication Abortion Provision With the Affiliated University to the Residency Training Program; Session S21. 7:45 a.m. – 8:45a.m., 5/1, Baotran Vo, MD

Establishing and Enhancing Adolescent “Time-Alone” Visit Protocol That Promotes Confidential Adolescent Healthcare; Session RD40. 7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m., 5/2, Kehinde Eniola, MD, CPE, FAAFP, MPH, Associate Professor and Medical Director; Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH; Krys Foster, MD, FAAFP, MPH; Carina Brown, MD; Margaret Pray, MD

Post-Roe: Addressing the Changing Landscape of the Family Medicine Reproductive Health Curricula, A Panel Discussion; Session PD05. 8:45 a.m. 9:45 a.m., 5/2, Anjani Kolahi, MD; Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH

Learning & Unlearning: Examining Structural Barriers to Achieving Faculty Diversity Within Academic Family Medicine; Session W09. 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m., 5/2, Angela Echiverri, MD, MPH; Krys Foster, MD, FAAFP, MPH; Maria Wusu, MD, MEd; Diana Carvajal, MD, MPH; Cleveland Piggott, MD, MPH

Integrating Medication Abortion Training Into A Family Medicine Residency Clinic; Session CPE04. 11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., 5/2, Hannah Bogen, MD; William Maes, MD; Aljanee Whitaker, MD; Gabriel Flaxman, MD

For a full list of sessions, visit: https://stfm.org/conferences/annual/schedule

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