Objectives:

1.  Discuss how best to counsel patients on contraceptive options (shared decision making

2.  Identify and describe the various forms of birth control regarding effectiveness, side effects, advantages and disadvantages and contraindications

3.  Describe the benefits and relative efficacy of various forms of birth control

4.  Apply the medical eligibility criteria for contraceptive use to individual patients

5.  Articulate the appropriate time frame for initiating post coital emergency contraception and 

6. Discuss the advantage of LARC (long acting reversible contraceptives) methods and which methods are considered LARC methods