Early Options: Information About the Early Options Program

Early Options - A Provider's Guide to Medical Abortion

Early Options is a National Abortion Federation (NAF) program designed to educate and instruct health care professionals, including physicians, advanced practice clinicians, counselors, nurses, administrators, and office staff, in the safe and effective administration of mifepristone/misoprostol for early medical abortion.

The Early Options program includes the following educational materials:

Video Series for Health Care Professionals
- Clinical and Administrative Issues in the Provisions of Medical Abortion (a three-video series), including The Pharmacological Approach to Early Abortion; Expected Side Effects and Management of Complications in Medical Abortion; and Beyond Drug Therapy: Practical Issues in Medical Abortion
- Counseling the Medical Abortion Patient
- Clinical Diagnosis and Use of Ultrasound in Medical Abortion
Interactive CD-ROM
Self-Study Guide
Educational Slide Program on CD-ROM (includes four slide modules)
Medical Abortion Start-Up Packet
Making Your Choice: A Woman's Guide to Medical Abortion (patient education materials)
- Brochure in Chinese, Croatian, English Russian, Spanish, and Vietnamese
- Video in English and Spanish

For more information or to order any of these materials, visit www.prochoice.org/education/resources/med_educational_resources.html

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