In order to apply for the FSRH LoC SDI-IO, you will need to meet the following entry requirements.
Successful applicants must:
- Be a healthcare professional working in abortion or maternity services. This includes doctors, nurses and midwives working in the UK or Ireland and are registered and licenced to practice (as necessary) with either the GMC, NMC, IMC, NMBI.
- Complete the FSRH Contraception Counselling Free Online Course. Register and access the course here. The certificate of completion must be reviewed by the Primary Trainer and evidence will be required.
- Complete e-SRH Modules 3 (Contraceptive Choices) & 14 (Additional Training in Sub-dermal Contraceptive Implants). View the curriculum here. Certificates of completion must be reviewed by the Primary Trainer and evidence will be required.
- Competent in consultation skills. Trainee to self-certify competence on application form.
- Up-to-date with resuscitation and anaphylaxis, in accordance with local policy. Up-to-date certificates must be reviewed by Primary Trainer.
- Competent to give intramuscular injections. Trainee to self-certify competence on application form.
- To have read the current FSRH CEU guidance on SDIs and be conversant with its content and abide by them.
Additional learning
Essential Contraception for Midwives and Essential Contraception for Abortion Care Providers are evidence based courses, designed by FSRH to provide baseline contraceptive knowledge. Attendance at one of these courses is not an entry requirement for the LoC SDI-IO but is strongly recommended.
Nursing Associates:
If you are registered as a nursing associate with the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) please be mindful you are not currently eligible to take the FSRH Diploma or LoCs.
The ability to undertake a comprehensive patient assessment independently is a fundamental requirement for holders of the DFSRH or LoC which differs from the requirement “to contribute to ongoing assessment” specified in the NMC Standards of proficiency for Nursing Associates (NMC 2018). For this reason, the FSRH Diploma and LoCs qualifications are not currently accessible if you are a registered Nursing Associate.