Thanks for listening to this new podcast for General Practitioners (GPs), trainees, family physicians, hospital doctors and medical students.

Episode 1 is the first in a four-part series on contraception for women featuring Dr Deirdre Lundy, Coordinator of Reproductive and Sexual Health Courses for the Irish College of General Practitioners.

This episode focuses on the general approach to the woman attending for contraception advice for the first time, and includes:

• Focused History-taking
• Initial Prescribing Considerations
• Side Effect Management

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Selected Websites:

• Patient.info COCP Options Website: https://patient.info/doctor/combined-oral-contraceptive-pill-first-prescription
• HSE Contraception Website: http://www.thinkcontraception.ie/Contraception-Choices.2.1.aspx
• FSRH MEC: https://www.fsrh.org/ukmec/
• WHO Interactive MEC Wheel: http://srhr.org/mecwheel/
• NICE STI Guidelines: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ph3
• Consilient Health COCP Desktop Guide: http://www.knowyourcontraceptives.ie/patient-management-guide