Former names | Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care |
|---|---|
| Motto | Setting standards in contraception - improving sexual health for all |
| Established | 1993 |
| President | Dr Janet Barter |
| Vice-president | Dr Helen Munro, Dr Anne Lashford, , Dr Zara Haider |
| Location | London , United Kingdom |
| Website | www |
The Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (FSRH) is a faculty of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. It is the standard-setting organisation for family planning and sexual health physicians in the United Kingdom.
Membership[edit]
Membership of the faculty is open to physicians who have passed the faculty's examinations and maintain appropriate continuous professional development.
Examinations[edit]
The faculty has one examinations:
- Membership of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (MFSRH) is mainly completed by Specialty Registrars in contraception and reproductive health
Training and certification[edit]
The faculty also oversees the training of physicians who wish to train in inserting the intrauterine device or Implanon, 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[edit]
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.
