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Implantable Contraceptives Toolkit
Up-to-date evidence, best practices and related resources to Implantable Contraceptives
Resources for Trainers
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Implant programs need well-trained health care workers who can provide this method. Trainers can structure trainings based on specific program needs.
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Description: This document explains competency-based training--an effective way to train providers to offer implants. Competency-based training allows providers to master skills at their own pace and ensures that each provider gets enough training and supervised practice to insert and remove implants correctly.
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Coming Soon! Online Implant Training Resources: Global e-Learning Health Center: Hormonals Module
[USAID and the INFO Project of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health]Description: This online course provides information that program managers and other clinic staff can use to improve quality of care in providing hormonal contraceptive methods, including implants. It covers information on reducing medical barriers, ensuring safe use, and supporting continuing users of hormonal methods. -
Contraceptive Implants (online course) [Contraception Online]Description: This online course is designed for health care providers in the United States and covers Implanon. It describes the characteristics of contraceptive implants, disputes myths regarding implants, and describes the benefits and side effects related to implant use.
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New Developments in Contraception: The Single-Rode Implant [Association of Reproductive Health Professionals]Description: This Web site describes a continuing medical education program sponsored by the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals (ARHP). The goal of the program is to increase understanding of the single rod implant as a method of contraception among U.S. clinicians. Intended audiences for this program include physicians, nurse-practitioners, nurse-midwives, physician assistants, and other health care providers in obstretics/gynecology and family medicine. To view the full project curriculum visit ARHP's slide library.
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Norplant implants course for nurse-midwives: Trainers' notebook
[Uganda Ministry of Health, the DISH II Project, the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care and JHPIEGO]Description: This Norplant training manual includes a course guide and tips for trainers and a course guide for participants. It includes checklists that trainers can use to evaluate participants' counseling and clinical skills, including both the insertion and removal of Norplant and infection prevention practices. - Infection Prevention Checklist [from "Implants: Tools for Providers," INFO Reports]
Description: This checklist details the steps that providers can take to ensure that insertion and removal procedures are done safely. Proper infection prevention procedures minimize the chances of blood-borne infections, such as HIV and hepatitis B and of infections at the insertion site.
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Implanon Training Materials [Organon International]Description: Organon International, the maker of Implanon, has created a variety of tools for training providers. These include: Implanon clinician's manual; Implanon product monograph; Implanon scientific information (CD-ROM); Implanon insertion, localization and removal techniques (CD-ROM); and Implanon guide de formation (CD-ROM in French). To request materials, contact:Organon InternationalInstitutional Affairs and Family Planning DepartmentPostbus 205340 BH Oss, The NetherlandsTel: +31-412-66-2068E-mail: family.planning@organon.com
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Jadelle Training Materials [Bayer Schering]Description: Bayer Schering, the maker of Jadelle, has created a variety of tools for training providers. These include: Jadelle product monograph; Jadelle training manual, Jadelle insertion and removal video (CD-ROM). Also, a training kit for insertion and removal containing a model arm, instruments for insertion and removal, a leaflet for providers describing insertion and removal, and a reminder card for the client. To request materials, contact:Bayer Schering PharmaPO Box 415FI-20101 TurkuFinlandTel: +358-0207-785-21
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