Become a Fellow

Enhance your skills
Expand your clinical capabilities and better serve your patients by offering essential reproductive health services.

Stay informed
Keep up with the latest developments in abortion care and reproductive rights.

Make a difference
Contribute to the health and well-being of individuals and families in your community by providing compassionate, informed care.

Receive continuing education credits and stipend
Fellows will receive travel support and a stipend for completing this free program, as well as continuing education (CME) credits.

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Comprehensive curriculum
Gain in-depth knowledge about medication and procedural abortion, patient counseling, and managing post-abortion care with confidence and compassion.

Convenient training
Participation in the Fellowship lasts three (3) months. Curriculum is a combination of online training (approx. 36 hours) that Fellows can complete at their own pace and manage alongside work and other responsibilities, paired with a two-day-long, in-person training (approx. 16 hours) that will equip you with the skills needed to provide safe and supportive care. Learn from leading professionals in the field who will guide you through the latest practices, protocols, and evidence-based approaches to abortion care.

Travel support is available for fellows living outside of the Chicagoland area.

Supportive network
Connect with like-minded clinicians and create a network of support as you grow your expertise in abortion care.

All RADIANT applicants must hold an active Illinois license in at least one (1) of the following professions:

• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
• Certified Nurse-Midwife
• Physician (MD/DO)
• Physician Associate/Physician Assistant

All eligible clinicians are encouraged to apply, but we welcome practicing clinicians in at least one of the following specialties:

• Emergency Medicine
• Family Medicine
• Internal Medicine
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pediatrics and Adolescent Care
• Primary Care
• Student Health
• Urgent Care

Stage #1:
Completion of Asynchronous, Online Curriculum: TEACH Curriculum and Ultrasound Modules

RADIANT requires all Fellows to first review and complete our adaptation of the Training in Early Abortion for Comprehensive Healthcare (TEACH) Curriculum series, an interactive, online curriculum with tools to train new reproductive health providers to competence. TEACH is an academic community partnership that started in 2003 as a national initiative to address the need for skilled abortion providers and is commonly used for preparing future abortion providers. RADIANT Fellows will learn the TEACH curriculum with Illinois-specific content and complete assessments offered throughout the ten chapters of the curriculum.

Following completion of the TEACH curriculum, RADIANT Fellows will then complete a series of Ultrasound training modules offered through the National Abortion Federation (NAF).

NAF Ultrasound Modules
To access the NAF Ultrasound modules, you must login through your NAF education membership portal. Navigate to Catalog, then Abortion Trainings and then Ultrasounds. Fellows must complete the following Ultrasound modules:

1. Ultrasound 1 – Introduction to Ultrasound (16 minutes)
2. Ultrasound 2 – Anatomy and Planes (18 minutes)
3. Ultrasound 3 – Early Pregnancy Landmarks & Dating (12 minutes)
4. Ultrasound 4 – Systematic Scan (8 minutes)
5. Pregnancy of Uncertain Location (19 minutes)

Completion of the TEACH curriculum and NAF Ultrasound modules must take place prior to Stage #2, which is the scheduled two-day in-person simulation at the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois-Chicago that takes place towards the end of the cohort’s participation in the program.

Stage #2:
Completion of Live Training
Fellows will travel to the College of Nursing at the University of Illinois-Chicago for a two-day, in-person simulation training.

The live simulation session will include one day of instruction on Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA) and one day of training on the provision of options counseling services to standardized patients to ensure that their pregnant patients are offered comprehensive counseling, including continuing the pregnancy to parenthood or adoption, or ending the pregnancy with medication or procedural abortion.

Stage #3:
Post-Fellowship Mentorship and Learning Series
Following completion of the online learning and in-person training sessions, Fellows will be paired with a practicing abortion provider for mentorship, and attend an evening learning lecture at the College of Nursing at UIC for further enrichment.