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Table 2 Elements of tutors' pre-service training reported by 74 midwifery tutors in Ghana, 2007

From: Midwifery tutors' capacity and willingness to teach contraception, post-abortion care, and legal pregnancy termination in Ghana

Categories

%

Gestational dating

 

Last menstrual period

90.5

Bimanual exam

52.7

Ultrasound

18.9

Contraception

 

Short-term methods

91.9

Intrauterine device insertion (IUCD)

77.0

Tubal ligation

48.6

Counselling

 

Abortion counselling

52.7

Post abortion counselling

59.5

Uterine evacuation

 

D&C

36.5

MVA

23.0

Medication abortion

27.0

Others

 

Infection prevention

91.9

Management of incomplete abortion

77.0

Referral of abortion complications

68.9

Community to prevent unsafe abortion

51.4

Pain management for uterine evacuation

48.6

Confirming completeness of an abortion

48.6

MVA instrument facts and features

27.0

Monitoring quality of abortion services

17.6

Ghanaian Abortion laws & GHS policies

25.7