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YEAR: 1983

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

A new approach to an age-old problem: upgrading the skills of family

planning practitioners.

AUTHORS

Schneidmiller JA

SOURCE

[Unpublished] 1983 Mar 4. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Family

Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Washington, D.C., March 4,

ABSTRACT

The Gynecorps Training Program, created in response to an increasing need for health care professionals in the

field of women's health care, was an educational program designed to provide nurses with the necessary didactic

education and clinical experience to function as practitioners in ambulatory gynecology, including cancer screening,

family planning, pre- and postnatal care, counseling, and community education. Students accepted for the

comprehensive training program completed an 18-week didactic phase at the US Public Health Service Hospital and

clinics in the Seattle area, followed by a 6-month preceptorship at their sponsoring clinics. After successful

completion of both training phases, students were graduated and certified by Gynecorps as Women's Health Care

Specialists or Women's Health Care Nurse Practitioners. Gynecorps graduated its 1st class in 1975. In late 1976,

Gynecorps faculty members recognized that the women's health care training programs scattered throughout the US

could not keep pace with the demand for mid level practitioners (nurses and physicians' assistants) to provide care to

women. The Gynecorps faculty decided that a very modified training approach would be an effective and efficient

way to increase the gynecological assessement skills of practitioners who were already skilled within the area of

patient assessment through history taking and physical exam. The Gynecorps program thus designed a short-term

continuing education program for generalists, adult and pediatric nurse practitioners, and physicians' assistants.

The course was entitled Gynecorps Upgrading of Skills 1 (GUS I), pelvic exam technique. GUS 2, contraceptive

management, was developed later. There are 2 components of the current GUS program. GUS I was developed to

provide practitioners an opportunity to improve their technique when performing a pelvic examination. GUS II

presents an update on contraceptive methods, and client education and counseling regarding selection of a

contraceptive method are emphasized as are specific techniques of IUD insertion and diaphragm fitting. There are 2

phases of training: a didactic self study program and 3 complete days in their agency with a nursing care consultant

from the Washington State Family Planning Program. Thus far, 63 practitioners have completed the GUS program.

Evaluation revealed the GUS program to be an effective, short-term training approach to upgrade the clinical skills of

practitioners providing services to family planning clients. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT5T 2028-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "A new approach to an age-old problem: upgrading the skills

of family planning practitioners.", is(are) Schneidmiller JA. The source of this article is "[Unpublished] 1983 Mar 4.

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association, Washington,

D.C., March 4, 1983. 9 p.". This article was published in 1983 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info® Document

ID: CONT5T 2028-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 22028

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