The aim of this course is to provide rural and remote GPs
with a structured, evidence-based approach to the assessment, prescribing and
follow-up care of Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTOP) in general practice.
It has been designed to reflect the realities of providing reproductive
healthcare in low-resource and geographically isolated settings.
The course will strengthen your practical skills in counselling, consent,
prescribing, and aftercare, while building confidence to provide trauma-informed
and culturally safe support to all patients — including Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
communities.
Learning Outcomes
This course will improve
your ability to provide safe, effective and culturally responsive medical
termination care in alignment with the ACRRM Primary Curriculum,
specifically:
- Apply a structured, evidence-based approach to the
assessment and management of medical termination of pregnancy in rural and
remote general practice.
- Identify key legal and regulatory responsibilities,
including jurisdictional differences and conscientious objection requirements.
- Conduct informed consent and counselling discussions
that are patient-centred, trauma-informed, and culturally appropriate.
- Safely prescribe, monitor, and follow up MS-2 Step in
line with current national guidelines and safety protocols.
- Implement practical workflows and referral pathways
suited to low-resource and geographically isolated practice settings.
- Provide culturally safe and trauma-informed care to Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander patients and patients from CALD
backgrounds.