Trauma-Informed Care In Sexual And Reproductive Health – A Curriculum Development Project
Objective: To develop a
curriculum in trauma-informed care (TIC) for learners and clinicians in sexual
and reproductive health (SRH) in order to provide the foundational knowledge,
attitudinal orientation, and skills necessary to provide high-quality,
trauma-informed clinical care.
Methods: Using the Kern’s Six-Step Curriculum Development model, we are
creating our curriculum using a justice-informed, transdisciplinary,
community-engaged process to develop objectives, educational strategies, and
curriculum content. We have recruited five community scholar experts with lived
and/or professional experiences in trauma and TIC, as well as two SRH educators
with expertise in TIC.
Results: Aims and learning objectives for the overall course have been
developed through our targeted needs assessment (Phase 1-3 of Kern’s Six-Step).
We have drafted the structure of the course and module-specific course
objectives. The course modules cover trauma epidemiology, best practices in
TIC, providing TIC in pelvic care, abortion, birthing care, and providing
trauma informed SRH care for those who have experienced racial trauma, those
who use substances, those who are trans or gender diverse, those with high
weight, and those with disability.We
will next generate scripts for the individual modules and pilot the modules
among 5 medical students and 5 OBGYN residents. Their feedback will be
incorporated into the final course.
Conclusion: Our final curricular content will be available in video modules,
external resource links, faculty guide for curriculum facilitation, and case
studies for further reflection of curricular concepts. These videos will be
hosted on the Innovating Education website, and will be incorporated into the
OBGYN clerkship.
