RADIANT Fellowship

The RADIANT Fellowship aims to create a sustainable model for advancing abortion care statewide by providing targeted education to interested Illinois-licensed healthcare providers and supporting the rollout of reproductive services to close gaps in access.

Enhance your skills
Expand your clinical capabilities and better serve your patients by offering essential reproductive health services. RADIANT prepares Fellows to manage medication abortion; provide procedural abortion; and how to deliver patient-centered options counseling, anticipatory guidance, and trauma-informed care. Fellows also have the option of completing clinical rotations in abortion care in order to get needed direct patient care experience under the guidance of experts in the field.

Stay informed
Keep up with the latest developments in abortion care and reproductive rights. RADIANT offers community-focused learning events that Fellows and other clinicians, advocates and students are welcome to attend that focus on improving reproductive health.

Make a difference
Contribute to the health and well-being of individuals and families in your community by providing compassionate, informed care. Illinois is a common destination for out-of-state patients seeking abortion services; in 2025, Illinois delivered care to nearly one-quarter of people nationwide who traveled across state lines for care. RADIANT gives a pathway for existing providers in Illinois to train and learn abortion care delivery that better supports patients, regardless of where they live.

Receive continuing education credits and stipend
Fellows will receive a $4,000 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 training phase of the Fellowship lasts approximately three (3) months. Curriculum is a combination of online, asynchronous training (approx. 50 hours) that Fellows can complete at their own pace and manage alongside work and other responsibilities which concludes with a required two-day-long, in-person training that will equip learners with the skills needed to provide safe and supportive care.

Learn in-person 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.

Mentorship program
We want to not only provide our Fellows with the clinical knowledge needed to deliver abortion care but also help them integrate it into their current and/or future practice.

Fellows are paired with leaders in the field for a one-on-one mentorship program in the year following their completion of the training phase of the Fellowship for discussions about integration, clinical care, and to further develop their role in abortion care.

Clinical Training Opportunities
RADIANT partners with abortion providers located across Illinois to provide short-term training opportunities that allow Fellows to obtain direct patient care experience.

Stipend
Fellows completing the RADIANT Fellowship receive a $4,000 stipend (subject to taxes) for their participation in the program.

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

Programming
The Fellowship offers learning events for Fellows, clinicians and interested members of the healthcare and abortion advocacy community. Join us at our next event.

All RADIANT applicants must hold an active 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

What if you do not currently work in a setting that provides abortion care?
While priority is given to applicants with strong potential for integrating abortion care into their current practice, we encourage all eligible, interested clinicians to apply, regardless of their ability to provide abortion care in their practice setting.

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.

In addition to completion of the TEACH curriculum, RADIANT Fellows also receive training in ultrasound care. RADIANT provides Fellows access to a robust ultrasound skill-building course to complete at home, from identifying basic anatomy to pregnancy evaluation. Fellows will then complete a series of Ultrasound training modules offered through the National Abortion Federation (NAF).

Completion of the TEACH curriculum and ultrasound instruction 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 that is an overview of abortion care, including options counseling, simulated patient encounters, reproductive justice discussions, pain management, and gender-affirming care delivery, as well as skill-based instruction on paracervical blocks for pain management for procedural abortion care, and Manual Vacuum Aspiration (MVA).

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. The Fellowship also offers regular learning events for RADIANT Fellows, as well as clinicians, academics, students and advocates.

RADIANT is also developing clinical training opportunities for Fellows to obtain direct patient care experience in abortion care and ultrasound skills at several clinic sites in the state of Illinois.

Direct patient care experience provides RADIANT Fellows with expanded practical skills and clinical judgment that begins with the curriculum received at the beginning of the program, and gives Fellows the opportunity to apply that knowledge in real clinical situations with expert mentorship.