Intervention
Online module didactic for shared decision making in contraception counseling.
Target population
All providers of family planning services, including, but not limited to OBGYNs, general practitioners, internists, Family Medicine physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, and physician assistants.
Study population
The study population is providers in clinics receiving FamilyPACT (Family Planning, Access, Care, and Treatment) funding in California.
Differences between the study population and the target population
1) Differences in things that could affect the outcome: Baseline knowledge of shared decision making, practice type, provider type, years of experience
2) Differences in a mediator of the effect: Patient population, difference in desires of patients, patient load, baseline knowledge of shared decision making
3) If I have done a randomized trial in my study population, I would need to know following things from my target population to estimate the effect of the intervention in your target population without repeating the trial in the target population: Provider types, counseling techniques, all other factors listed above.