Preservice Education Family Planning Reference Guide

2010

Project: Southern Africa Human Capacity Development Project

Publisher: IntraHealth International

Date: 2010

Description: The Preservice Education Family Planning Reference Guide has been developed to assist preservice health institutions in Malawi in creating, updating, or adapting the family planning content of their curricula and individual courses. Included in this document are materials that institutions and individual tutors can use to develop technically accurate and pedagogically sound lessons on family planning. This document includes:

Up-to-date information about the provision of family planning services and the family planning methods currently available or expected to be available in Malawi in coming years
Training activities, such as role plays and case studies, to aid tutors in making their classes more participatory, thereby enhancing the learning process
Assessment tools, such as quizzes to assess knowledge gained, and learning guides and checklists to support learner practice and assess mastery of skills.

Click to view the Complete Guide [PDF 8MB] - English

Click to view Introduction [PDF 2.14MB] - English

Click to view Unit 1: Introduction to Family Planning in Malawi [PDF 474KB] - English

Click to view Unit 2: Gender Sensitive Family Planning Services [PDF 379KB] - English

Click to view Unit 3: Reproductive Systems and the Menstrual Cycle [PDF 763KB] - English

Click to view Unit 4: Family Planning Client Assessment and the WHO Medical Eligibility Criteria [PDF 1.03MB] - English

Click to view Unit 5: Counselling for Family Planning [PDF 603KB] - English

Click to view Unit 6: Healthy Timing and Spacing of Pregnancy [PDF 307KB] - English

Click to view Unit 7: Contraceptive Implants [PDF 1MB] - English

Click to view Unit 8: Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices [PDF 992KB] - English

Click to view Unit 9: Vasectomy [PDF 461KB] - English

Click to view Unit 10: Female Sterilisation [PDF 540KB] - English