Chapter 18: Professional and Academic Infrastructure of the CrMS

Thomas W Hilgers

Clinical Practice Operations · Care Team and Roles

Chapter 18: Professional and Academic Infrastructure of the CrMS

Hilgers TW

The Medical and Surgical Practice of NaProTECHNOLOGY, 241-248, 2004

RRM Academy Synopsis

Creighton Model teachers train and certify through a set network

The Creighton Model's developer describes a network of groups that accredit, certify and research. His 2004 textbook chapter traces how they developed between 1976 and 1999. The groups include the AAFCP, the Pope Paul VI Institute and FertilityCare Centers of America.

Key Findings

The American Academy of Natural Family Planning was incorporated in April 1982 and renamed the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals (AAFCP) in 2001.
The AAFCP accredits education programs, certifies practitioners and instructors, and approves service programs through three commissions.
The Pope Paul VI Institute officially opened in September 1985. The chapter dates the research behind the system to 1976.
FertilityCare Centers of America and FertilityCare Centers International were formed in July 1999. The chapter reports over 160 FertilityCare Centers in the United States and Canada.
A center may say it features NaProTECHNOLOGY only with a signed collaborative agreement for each participating medical consultant, reviewed by FertilityCare Centers of America.

RRM Context

RRM covers many methods, and each trains and credentials its own clinicians and teachers. Creighton Model and NaProTECHNOLOGY training is organized through the AAFCP, and NaProTECHNOLOGY grew out of Creighton Model research. Marquette and FEMM build their own educational programs.

Our editorial summary of this paper, not the article's abstract.

Abstract

The institutional architecture supporting the CrMS — including the FertilityCare Centers of America network, the American Academy of FertilityCare Professionals (AAFCP), training and certification pathways, and the research programs of the Pope Paul VI Institute — is described. This infrastructure is what distinguishes NaProTECHNOLOGY from informal fertility awareness methods, providing the professional standards, peer accountability, and ongoing research capacity required for clinical credibility.

Topics

Clinical Practice Operations › Care Team and Roles › Physician Role · Restorative Reproductive Medicine › NaProTechnology › Protocols and Framework

Thomas W Hilgers

Tom Hilgers, T Hilgers

Hilgers et al. 2004, Hilgers 2004

Chapter 18: Professional and Academic Infrastructure of the CrMS

Creighton Model teachers train and certify through a set network

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