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Student Elective

FABMs for Family Planning and Women’s Healthcare

This medical elective is FACTS’ flagship offering, providing medical students, as well as students in other health professions, an overview of Fertility Awareness-Based Methods (FABMs), the evidence for their effectiveness for family planning, and their role in women’s health.

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Be prepared as a future medical professional to present ALL options and to support each patient’s ultimate decision based on their needs, lifestyle, and values and your clinical experience and medical knowledge.

To enroll in this elective, please complete the form below. Email us at Students@FACTSaboutFertility.org for more information or questions about enrollment fees.

What You Will Learn

Upon completion of this elective, students will be able to:

  • Discuss each FABM with confidence in a way that is understandable to patients.
  • Describe key hormonal changes of the female cycle and how they produce physical signs or biomarkers women can learn to observe and track to monitor their health, plan their families, and address medical issues.
  • Learn to read the female cycle chart and how to identify potential days of fertility as well as abnormalities that may signal specific medical conditions.
  • Observe the integration of FABMs in women’s health care by working with physicians, other clinicians, and educators trained in various evidence-based methods of fertility awareness.

Course Overview & Duration

The course is primarily online and offered over a four-week block, divided into two parts. Students may choose to take the full four-week elective or enroll for either Part A or Part B, each lasting two weeks. Although Parts A and B can be taken at different times, students who take the full four-week elective (Parts A and B) consecutively will save $50. 

part A

Part A:
FABMs for Family Planning

FABMs for Family Planning introduces each of the modern evidence-based FABMs, how they work, and the studies showing their effectiveness to prevent and achieve pregnancy.

  • Lesson 1: Fertility & Family Planning: The Science Behind Fertility Awareness-Based Methods
  • Lesson 2: Billings Ovulation Method
  • Lesson 3: The Creighton Model
  • Lesson 4: Basal Body Temperature and Sympto-Thermal Methods
  • Lesson 5: Marquette Model
  • Lesson 6: The Science of Standard Days Method (SDM) and Two-Day Method
  • Lesson 7: Application of SDM, Two-Day Method, and Lactational Amenorrhea Method
  • Lesson 8: Infertility
  • Lesson 9: Psychosocial Aspects of Infertility
  • Lesson 10: NFP in Underserved Populations
  • Lesson 11: Miscarriage or Early Pregnancy Loss
  • Lesson 12: Male Factor Infertility
  • Lesson 13: Patient Cases
  • Lesson 14: Patient Cases
  • Lesson 15: Physician-Patient Panel
MD presenting Indiana 5th vital sign presentation

Part B:
Fertility Awareness for Women’s Health

Fertility Awareness for Women’s Health connects the science of endocrinology to core concepts of FABMs and describes how these methods may be used to diagnose and manage common women’s health conditions.

  • Lesson 1:The Female Cycle as the 5th Vital Sign
  • Lesson 2: NaProTechnology
  • Lesson 3: FEMM Medical Management
  • Lesson 4: NeoFertility
  • Lesson 5: Adolescence
  • Lesson 6: Perimenopause
  • Lesson 7: Use of NFP during the Postpartum Transition to Fertility
  • Lesson 8: Endometriosis
  • Lesson 9: Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
  • Lesson 10: Premenstrual Syndrome (PMS)
  • Lesson 11: Anovulation
  • Lesson 12: Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
  • Lesson 13: Patient Cases
  • Lesson 14: Patient Cases
  • Lesson 15: Physician-Patient Panel

Activities & Assessments

Each part of this course includes synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities, clinical experiences and case study discussions, as well as effective assessments to provide students with hands-on knowledge and experience with modern evidence-based FABMs.

  • Pre-assessment to establish baseline knowledge of FABMs
  • Live and pre-recorded lectures
  • Readings
  • Clinical experiences in-person or via telemedicine (2-4 per 2-week block)
  • Live case study discussions with physician experts
  • Knowledge assessments at the conclusion of each lesson
  • Written assignment and brief presentation; excellent papers are eligible for further editing and publication in the
  • FACTS blog
  • Final exam

Credits

The Student Elective is accredited through Georgetown University School of Medicine. Each part consists of 40-50 hours of coursework, or 80-100 hours for Parts A and B.

What students have to say about the FACTS elective…

I am so grateful to Facts for gathering the best available evidence in literature and teaching it in an effective manner.
I learned just how informative and helpful that FABMs can be, whether the goal is to regulate cycles, prevent pregnancy, achieve pregnancy, or identify and treat cycle abnormalities.
Participating in this elective has been one of the most helpful and informative experiences for me in medical school.
This course taught me that FABM science is about more than just family planning and is actually a holistic approach to monitoring overall health and a patient's understanding of their body and physiology.

2026-2027 Student Elective Application

FACTS Student Membership is $25/year. FACTS members receive a $50 discount off the enrollment fees for this course. As a FACTS member, you have the opportunity to become a FACTS Ambassador and also qualify for discounts on FACTS virtual and in-person conferences, among other benefits. If you have questions, email students@factsaboutfertility.org

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