Understanding Emergency Contraception, Medication Abortion, and the Information Environment: Facts for Informed Care

Understanding Emergency Contraception, Medication Abortion, and the Information Environment: Facts for Informed Care

Learn about the basics and nuances of emergency contraception and medication abortion, how they differ from each other, and how to advance access to sexual and reproductive health care on campus including supporting students in self-managed care.

Session Information

Format: Internet live 
Date: November 19, 2025
Time: 11:00 am-12:30 pm ET

Format: Internet, self-paced 
Release Date: November 20, 2025 
Expiration Date: November 19, 2026

After the expiration date, this session will no longer be accessible for viewing or downloading.
CE Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the expiration date.

Cost:
FREE

Speaker(s)

Rory Tito, MPH 
Reproductive Health Access Project

Claudia Trevor-Wright, JD, MA, MCHES
American Society for Emergency Contraception

Yakira Teitel, MD, MPH  
Bard College

Intended Audience

• Administrator
• Advanced Practice Clinician
• Health Educator
• Mental Health Professional
• Nurse
• Pharmacist
• Physician, Physician Assistant
• Psychiatrist 
• Student

Learning Objectives

After this session, participants should be able to:

1. Describe the key differences and facts about emergency contraception and medication abortion.
2. Identify common sources of mis- and disinformation regarding reproductive health.
3. Formulate effective strategies to counter misinformation and provide accurate health information to students.
4. Discuss credible resources, such as ACHA guidance, and how to use them to inform their practice.

Program Planning Committee 

Robert Stines, DNP, FNP-BC 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Claudia Trevor-Wright, JD, MA, MCHES
American Society for Emergency Contraception

Yakira Teitel, MD, MPH  
Bard College

Jozzy Rivera, BA 
Michigan State University

Brenda Masiga-Crowell, DNP, MBA, RN, CNL
Purdue University

For more information about this session or its speaker(s), contact education@acha.org.

Credit/Contact Hours and Disclosures

Types of Credit/Contact Hours Available

Refer to the Continuing Education Key.

• CME: 1.5
• CNE: TBD
• CHES: 1.5*

*Continuing Competency credits, when available, are listed after the total CHES/MCHES contact hours (e.g. CHES: 1.0/1.0)
**Pharmacology credits, when available, are listed after the total number of nursing contact hours (e.g. CNE: 1.5/.75)

Deadlines

Claim your credit/contact hours or certificate on each session's Contents tab by the deadline.

If you attended the session LIVE: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by December 3, 2025.

If you viewed the session as a RECORDING: Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by November 19, 2026.

Relevant Financial Relationships

None of the presenters or planners for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Successful Completion to Obtain Credit/Contact Hours (or certificate of attendance)

Criteria for successful completion is commensurate with participation and passing of a post-test with a minimum of an 80%.

Select the "Contents" tab above (registered users only) for access to the following components. It is estimated that it will require 90 minutes to view the webinar and complete the post-test. Credit/Contact Hours must be requested by the program expiration date (see "Overview" tab above).

Step 1:  View/Attend the session in its entirety.

Step 2:  Complete the mandatory Attestation and Post-test (passing score of 80%) for CE Credit/Contact Hours. See below for post-test passing requirements.

Step 3:  Select the certificate for the type of credit/contact hour you are requesting. Select "Certificate of Attendance" if no credit/contact hour is being requested. 

Continuing Education Statements 

Continuing Education 

The American College Health Association (ACHA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACHA designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

   CNE      This activity has been submitted to Montana Nurses Association for approval to award contact hours. Montana Nurses Association is accredited with distinction as an approver of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Sponsored by ACHA, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category 1 continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level contact hours available are 0. There are 0 Continuing Competency credits available.

Policies 

Post-test Policy
It is the policy of the American College Health Association that when a post-test is required upon completion of a continuing education activity, participants must receive a passing grade of 80%. If participants receive a grade lower than 80%, they will be given the opportunity to re-take the post-test one time. If they receive 80% or higher the second time, they will be awarded continuing education credits/contact hours for the activity. We encourage participants to complete the post-test immediately after viewing the program.

Off-Label Product Use
This educational activity does not include any unannounced information about off-label use of a product for a purpose other than that for which it was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Non-endorsement
ACHA does not endorse any products or services that are displayed or referred to in conjunction with this activity and is not responsible for the actual presentation of content during scientific sessions.

Non-discrimination 
The American College Health Association (ACHA) supports institutional, as well as legislative or regulatory initiatives to promote a campus climate guided by the values of inclusion, respect, equality and equity. ACHA rejects all forms of intolerance and bias, whether implicit or explicit. Such a climate is essential to college health and wellbeing.

Consistent with these values, ACHA rejects all forms of discriminatory conduct with respect to: age; race/ethnicity; sex; sexual orientation; gender, including gender identity and expression; marital status; physical size; psychological/physical/learning ability; religious, spiritual or cultural identity; socioeconomic status; veteran status; or any other class of persons. ACHA actively strives to eliminate bias and discriminatory conduct from all its policies, procedures, communications, actions and activities.

Commercial Support

No commercial support has been received for this activity.