Self-Paced Trainings
Expand your skills on your own time with quality training, delivered on demand. Our self-paced training is appropriate for individual clinic staff and providers or can be used clinic-wide.
SELF-PACED TRAINING
Evidence-Based Contraceptive Care: Guidance and Updates
New in October 2026!
This course reviews evidence-based guidelines for providing contraceptive care as well as counseling approaches designed to support patients in making informed and voluntary choices. CE credit is currently not available for this course; accreditation coming in 2027.
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Course at a glance
- 2-hour training designed for all healthcare providers and clinic staff
- Ability to move at your own pace
- Designed to strengthen reproductive autonomy and contraceptive access
- Participation is free and all participants will receive a certificate of completion
Topics covered
- Introduction to a range of contraceptive methods, including emergency contraception
- CDC Medical Eligibility Criteria and Selected Practice Recommendations for contraception
- Counseling approaches to support patients in making voluntary and informed decisions
- Best practices and strategies to improve access to contraception
How to get started
- Visit Beyond the Pill’s self-paced course Evidence-Based Contraceptive Care: Guidance and Updates.
- Enter your email to get started.
Additional information
Continuing education (CE) credits are not currently available. We anticipate that the course will be accredited in 2027. Learners who complete the course after accreditation will be able to purchase CE credits. Credits will not be available retroactively.
SELF-PACED TRAINING
Improving Access to the Full Range of Contraceptive Methods, Including IUDs & Implants
Updated September 2026!
This course is a primer/refresher on IUDs and the contraceptive implant, with a focus on helping clinic staff and providers integrate these methods into clinic services to facilitate patient access to a full range of contraceptive options. The trainings are designed for all types of healthcare providers and support staff. Each section features real-world providers who guide learners through all steps of offering IUDs and implants within a shared decision-making framework. CE credit is available for purchase.
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Course at a glance
- 90-minute training designed for all healthcare providers and clinic staff
- Ability to move at your own pace
- Real-world advice from experienced practitioners
- Focus on how to integrate same-visit IUDs and implants into your clinical practice
- Participation is free. Continuing education credits are available for purchase.
Topics covered
- Introduction to different types of IUDs and the contraceptive implant
- Using the CDC’s Medical Eligibility Criteria for contraception
- Addressing common misinformation about IUDs and implants
- Review of counseling approaches to support patients in making voluntary and informed decisions
- Integrating same-visit IUDs and implants into routine care
How to get started
- Visit the CME California webpage for Beyond the Pill’s course Improving Access to the Full Range of Contraceptive Methods, Including IUDs & Implants.
- Click “Register” from the course menu.
- Create a CME California account if new (free to all) or login to your account.
Continuing education credits
You may purchase continuing education (CE) credit (1.5 credit hours) once you complete the course. This course is accredited through ACCME, AAPA, ANCC, and ASWB. The cost for CE credits is $100.
Registration and participation in the course is free. All participants will receive a certificate of completion. You will only be charged if you wish to claim CE credit at the end of the course.
If the credit fee presents a financial barrier to participate, please contact beyondthepill@ucsf.edu; limited scholarships are available.
Accreditation
This course is accredited by the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education.
In support of improving patient care, the University of California, San Francisco Office of CME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
This course is approved for:
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.50 hours)
- American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) Category 1 CME (1.50 hours)
- American Nursing Credentialing Center (ANCC) CE Credits (1.50 hours)
- Association of Social Work Boards Approved CE (ASWB ACE) ACE Credit (1.50 hours)
- Non-Physician Attendance (1.50 hours)
SELF-PACED TRAINING
Billing & Coding for Sexual and Reproductive Health Care Staff and Providers
Originally designed for abortion provider staff members, this two-part webinar series provides key information on billing and coding procedures for all sexual and reproductive health care providers and staff. CE credit is not available for viewing the recorded presentations.
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1 HOUR 17 MINUTES
Webinar I: Coding for Office and Telemedicine Visits (2022)
This session reviews the 2021 AMA/CMS coding rules for evaluation and management (E/M) visits, which are now based on either total time or medical decision making. Professor Dr. Michael S. Policar (UCSF Ob/Gyn Professor Emeritus) presents both basic and advanced case studies to explain the nuances of coding for these visits. Cases include visits for family planning, sexually transmitted infections, well-person periodic health screening, pregnancy verification and counseling.
1 HOUR 17 MINUTES
Webinar II: Coding for Reproductive Health Office Procedures (2022)
This session focuses on coding for in-office procedures including surgical abortion, IUD and implant placement and removal, skin biopsies, and genital wart treatment. Dr. Michael S. Policar (UCSF Ob/Gyn Professor Emeritus) also covers coding problems that arise at follow-up visits, such as with medication abortion. “Hybrid visits”, which start with a telemedicine visit and are followed by an in-person office procedure, are also discussed.
SELF-PACED TRAINING
Providing Contraceptive Counseling and Care to Young People
This two-part webinar series hosted by Beyond the Pill in collaboration with the School-Based Health Alliance reviews contraceptive options and counseling methods for young people. Although this webinar series is designed for those who provide contraceptive care and counseling at school-based health centers, it contains crucial information for anyone who provides contraceptive care or interacts with youth. CE credit is not available for viewing the recorded presentations.
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1 HOUR 5 MINUTES
Sharing the Science: Tools for Describing Data Using a Patient-Centered Framework (2020)
This webinar explores key principles of patient-centered counseling and discusses how to offer non-judgmental contraceptive counseling in challenging, real-world situations. We review strategies for addressing misinformation and presenting scientific data about risks, benefits, and side effects of contraceptive methods using a patient-centered approach. While this training is designed primarily for those who provide contraceptive counseling and care, it may benefit anyone who talks with youth about health and/or sexuality.
1 HOUR 8 MINUTES
An Ethical Framework for Providing Contraceptive Counseling (2020)
This webinar is an opportunity to explore ethical guidelines for providing contraceptive care and counseling. We help examine how unconscious bias can influence the way you talk with young people about their contraceptive options and how different approaches to counseling may advance or hinder reproductive autonomy. An overview of patient-centered counseling will help establish an ethical framework that supports individuals to have access to information about the full range of options and select their method of choice.