Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Understand the potential conflict between public health and the clinician-patient encounter around contraception
2. Explain how clinician counseling affects women's contraceptive decision making
3. Explore a patient-centered approach to contraceptive counseling

Faculty

Katharine O'Connell White, MD, MPH
Vice Chair of Academics
Director, Fellowship in Family Planning
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Boston University / Boston Medical Center
Boston, MA

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

Dr. Katharine White receives the grant support from Bayer Pharmaceuticals.

None of the members of the planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.