Learning Objectives
- Be familiar with principles of fertility management
- Compare the major, current methods of contraception, their mechanism of action and major contraindications
- Appreciate the factors that influence the selection of an appropriate contraceptive method based on patient profile
- Recognise the diversity of causes of infertility and the range of methods used to identify the problem
- Explain the major types of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) and the rationale for their use
Types of Contraception
- what are the surgical contraceptive methods?
- what are the hormonal contraceptive methods?
- what are the barrier/ chemical contraceptive methods?
- what are the natural contraceptive methods?
- compare the relative failure rates of these methods?
- for male contraception, which hormones could be targeted? what must be considered?
- why is male contraception less common then female alternatives?
- what processes do different contraceptive methods target?
Infertility
- what is clinical infertility vs sterility?
- what is fecundability vs fecundity?
- what proportion of infertility is male vs female?