The AusCAPPS Network 2.0: A community of practice to support the provision of long acting reversible contraception and medical termination of pregnancy in primary care

Name: AusCAPPS (Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support Network) What: AusCAPPS 2.0 is an extension of the AusCAPPS Network (AusCAPPS 1.0) virtual community of practice (VCoP). The AusCAPPS community of practice is an online network designed to connect and develop the skills of primary care practitioners, initially general practitioners (GPs), practice nurses (PNs), and community pharmacists (CPs) in long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) and early medical abortion (EMA) for AusCAPPS 1.0. For AusCAPPS 2.0, now also midwives, nurse practitioners, and other primary care practitioners who can be involved in providing LARC and EMA care will be invited to join the network. Who provided All CIs are investigators in the SPHERE CRE and, together, have a strong history of collaboration in women's sexual and reproductive health research over many years and have made significant contributions to clinical practice, advocacy, translation into practice and policy, and guideline development and implementation. How AusCAPPS is a multidisciplinary online platform created to support practice in LARC and EMA. Our nationally-focused project targets all practicing GPs, PNs ,CPs, midwives and other primary care professionals working in metropolitan, regional and rural settings and amongst marginalised populations (including migrant and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups). When and How Much: Participation in AusCAPPS 2.0 will be based on practitioner availability therefore we cannot forecast participant engagement in AusCAPPS 2.0 nor have requirements/expectations around this. However, a robust engagement plan has been developed to both track and follow up with practitioners on their engagement in AusCAPPS and keep them interested. AusCAPPS was launched July 2021 and is currently recruiting members until June 2028. The end date of AusCAPPS 2.0, may be extended further subject to funding. Tailoring: Based on a practitioner needs analysis, a range of existing international and national patient and practitioner resources will be housed on the site. The resources will be collected from key stakeholders involved in supporting education and provision of LARC and EMA and approved by the CIs for inclusion in the AusCAPPS Resource Library (e.g., Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia, the Royal Women’s Hospital, Jean Hailes). The resources will be predominantly Australian to better provide information for the Australian context, however international resources will be considered if there is no similar Australian resource. Permission is sought first from the creators of the resource unless it is a published research paper. In addition, engagement and learning activities will be developed on AusCAPPS based on the needs analysis and input from experts in the field. These will include: • Case studies, quizzes, practice tips • Discussion of practice service set up advice and models of best practice • “Ask the expert” questions and answers • Regional level networking • Ability to assist General Practitioners (GPs) and Practice Nurses (PNs) to identify community pharmacists (CPs) who they can partner with to improve access to LARC and EMA • Regular emails/newsletters with items of interest • Webinars and podcasts • Polls that will posted from time to time asking the community for their views on what content is the most useful, what aspects of the platform are the most informative, and how AusCAPPS could be improved. Several of the engagement and learning activities are currently in place. Every week, a roster of clinician leads with expertise in LARC and/or EMA post content on the discussion board, including case studies, practice tips, and advice for practice service set up advice and models of best practice. Members are able to post their own questions, which the clinician leads and other members can answer. The AusCAPPS Team also promotes resources and upcoming events (e.g., training opportunities, conferences) that may be of interest to members. A section on the AusCAPPS Network has been designed to allow members to find and locate a member who is a provider of LARC and/or EMA near them. A weekly e-newsletter is distributed that includes links to posts and highlights information that may be of interest to members (e.g., new resources, upcoming education opportunities). New webinars and podcasts on the topic of LARC and/or EMA are regularly added to AusCAPPS (with permission from the creators). Quizzes and polls have been posted occasionally for members to respond to, usually a few times a year. Content on AusCAPPS will be reviewed by an expert advisory group and clinical experts will moderate the online content over the intervention period. Resources on AusCAPPS will be reviewed and updated frequently to make sure AusCAPPS material is current.