Successful applicants must:
- Be a Healthcare Professional working in abortion or maternity services. This includes doctors, nurses and midwives working in the UK or S Ireland and are registered and licenced to practice (as necessary) with either the GMC, NMC, IMC, NMBI.
- Must have completed the FSRH Contraception Counselling Free Online Course (the certificate of completion must be reviewed by the Primary Trainer). Evidence will be required.
- Must have completed the e-SRH Modules 8 & 17 online learning on e-Learning for Healthcare (certificates of completion must be reviewed by the Primary Trainer). Evidence will be required.
- Must be 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.
- At the time of application for your FSRH qualification, you need to confirm you have read the 6 principles of care as outlined in the “Guidance for those undertaking or recertifying FSRH qualifications whose personal beliefs conflict with the provision of abortion or any method of contraception” and agree to abide by them in practice. It is, therefore, important to have read this document prior to commencing training.
Useful 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.