Reproductive Health Elective

Each winter, alongside Medical Students for Choice, NSRH coordinates a lunchtime elective related to Family Planning and Reproductive Health. Students of all schools and disciplines are welcome and encouraged to attend.

In the past, topics have included pregnancy options counseling, reproductive justice, a MVA Papaya workshop, and queer and trans reproductive health.

Sample Syllabus and Speakers from Winter 2020 - Winter 2021 details to come

  • Monica McLemore (PhD, MPH, RN) – Understanding the Abortion Conflict
  • Guadalupe Rodriguez, Planned Parenthood Mar Monte – Reproductive Justice History and Advocacy
  • Alissa Perrucci (PhD, MPH) – Challenging Conversations in Contraceptive Counseling
  • Daniel Grossman (MD) – Medication Abortion
  • Sarah Raifman (MS) – Improving Access to Medication Abortion via Alternative Provision of Care Models
  • Lauren Ralph (PhD, MPH) – What happens to women denied an abortion? Evidence from the Turnaway Study
  • Lori Freedman (PhD) – Religious Healthcare and Family Planning
  • Abortion Provider Panel
  • Katie Brown (MD) – Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and IUD Insertion Workshop
  • Marea Goodman (LM, CPM) – IUIs and Working with Queer and Trans Folks

If you have ideas for speakers or topics you'd like to see included in the 2021 elective, please reach out!

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