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Phyllis Patricia (patty) Cason

Phyllis Patricia (patty) Cason RN, MS, FNP-BC

Nurse Practitioner, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Los Angeles, California, United States of America

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Patty Cason is a family nurse practitioner, trainer, and educator with a specialty in sexual and reproductive health. She has practiced for 37 years in a wide variety of clinical settings and is a contracted consultant to training agencies, non-profits, and state departments of health across the United States. Patty developed the “PATH” framework for patient-centered reproductive goals counseling.

Patty is a senior author and editor of the 21st Edition of Contraceptive Technology, for which she wrote a new chapter on reproductive goals and contraception counseling. Other publications include research and opinion pieces in peer reviewed journals, nationally utilized on-line learning courses, instructional videos, textbook chapters, clinical protocols, job aids, and manuals on provision of patient-centered sexual and reproductive health services and integration of sexual and reproductive health services into primary care settings.

Patty is part of several national work groups; creating clinical guidelines, creating contraception quality measures, examining research and best practices for patient-centered counseling, and reproductive goals counseling. She is the senior clinical trainer on phase 2 and phase 3 clinical trials for contraceptive methods in development. Patty recently joined the board of ASCCP after 3 years as co-chair and chair of their education committee.
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