The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) is a faculty of the

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) is a professional association based in London, United Kingdom. Its members, including people with and without medical degrees, work in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, that is ...

. It is the standard-setting organisation for family planning and sexual health physicians in the United Kingdom.

Membership

Membership of the faculty is open to

physicians A physician (American English), medical practitioner (Commonwealth English), medical doctor, or simply doctor, is a health professional who practices medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring health through th ...

who have passed the faculty's examinations and maintain appropriate continuous professional development.

Examinations

The faculty has one examinations: * Membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (MFSRH) is mainly completed by

Specialty Registrar A specialty registrar (StR) is a doctor, public health practitioner or dentist who is working as part of a specialty training programme in the UK. This is known as a training grade as these doctors are supervised to an extent, as part of a struct ...

s in contraception and reproductive health

Training and certification

The faculty also oversees the training of physicians who wish to train in inserting the

intrauterine device An intrauterine device (IUD), also known as intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD or ICD) or coil, is a small, often T-shaped birth control device that is inserted into the uterus to prevent pregnancy. IUDs are one form of long-acting rever ...

Implanon Etonogestrel is a medication which is used as a means of hormonal contraceptive, birth control for women. It is available as an implant placed under the skin of the upper arm under the brand names Nexplanon and Implanon, and in combination with ...

, by issuing the Letter of Competence in Intra-Uterine Techniques (LoC IUT) and Letter of Competence in Sub-Dermal Implants (LoC SDI). The faculty also awards several certificates in special skills applicable to physicians working in contraception, sexual and reproductive healthcare clinics: * SSM in Abortion Care * SSM in Menopause * SSM in Ultrasound

Publications

The faculty publishes a journal, the ''Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care'', which was established in 1974. The Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care was relaunched in 2018 as BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health.

References

External links

* {{authority control Medical associations based in the United Kingdom Medical education in the United Kingdom Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare