Health Care Provider Information
If you would like to refer a patient to Willow please fax your referral to 604-251-8842 and we will contact your patient directly. Thank you!
Services we provide:
- Medical Abortion: We provide medical abortions to our patients in person or at a distance, 24 hour call coverage, post abortion contraceptive care and management of any medical abortion complications for our own patients. If you are providing medical abortion for your patient from anywhere in British Columbia and need assistance with management please contact us through RACE under the ‘Medical Termination of Pregnancy’ specialty or call 1-877-696-2131
- Long Acting reversible Contraceptive Servies:
- IUD services: We provide routine or complex insertion and removal services (including stringless IUD removals) with ultrasound guidance, oral or inhaled analgesia and local anaesthetic.
- Etonogestrel Subdermal Implant: We provide routine or complex implant removal and insertion services.
- LARC Consultative Service – We also offer consultative care for people experiencing ongoing issues or concerns with LARC including troubleshooting symptoms, side effects, or device-related problems.
- Vasectomy: We offer a referral only MSP covered vasectomy service.
Miscarriage Management: After discussing diagnosis and management options with your patient, we are happy to provide medication management for patients with a confirmed intrauterine missed abortion on diagnostic ultrasound. Please fax a referral and the most recent diagnostic ultrasound report to 604-251-8842. **For early pregnancy assessment, management of pregnancy of unknown location, or confirmation of completion of spontaneous abortion, please refer patients to their local early pregnancy loss clinic or a gynaecologist.
Other services: We also offer endometrial biopsies by referral, other contraceptive counselling and management and we provide STI and cervical cancer screening as stand alone services for patients who have previously been seen at our clinic when waitlists allow.
Learning Opportunities:
If you are interested in training to insert IUDs, implants or learn more about medical abortion we recommend the following:
UBC CPD – Implants and IUDs: Comparing and Inserting Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC): This program is run by physicians from Willow Clinic and the community. The course will provide you with an opportunity to get hands-on experience in workshops with all of the LARC options available on the Canadian market. If you would like a preceptorship at our clinic please contact us at the email below. For those looking for information about the demo models given to you at the course please click here.
SOGC Intrauterine Contraception (IUC) Insertion Preceptorship or Extended Release Subdermal Implant Preceptorship Program: These courses offer both online learning and an opportunity to join us in clinic. Once matched with us through the SOGC we will book patients for you who are happy to have a learner to give you an opportunity to practice these skills in the clinic setting.
NAF Medical Abortion Training for Primary Care Providers: This online course was contributed to by Willow physicians and is a comprehensive medical abortion training program which includes information on incorporating medical abortion into your practice, medical abortion regimens, safety considerations and a live session to answer all your questions.
Other Resources We Recommend:
Nexplanon Insertion and Removal videos: Click Here
SOGC Statement on IUD Insertion Pain Management: Statement on Pain Management