Sexual Health - Training for Professionals

Are you involved in care following childbirth, and interested in developing your sexual and reproductive healthcare knowledge and skills? Then our Essential contraception following childbirth course is for you. The Royal College of Midwives have accredited this course.

This course is for healthcare staff  who provide care following childbirth. It is  an interactive day with scenario-based learning, presentations, time for discussion, questions and role play.

It is relevant for all staff working with patients following birth, who want an introduction to contraception.  It provides a useful update for experienced staff.

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Describe the currently available contraceptive methods

Discuss the main advantages and disadvantages of these contraceptive methods

Identify contraindications to contraceptive methods by using the UKMEC

Understand when contraception can be started after pregnancy

Introduce contraception into consultations with pregnant and recently delivered patients

Understand the use of “Bridging contraception”

Who is this course for?           
Staff who work in a relevant setting including Doctors, Midwives, Health Visitors, and other Allied Professionals. 

This half day course is  run by Specialist Sexual Health Staff from WISH as well as GP Colleagues with special interest in Sexual Health

Upcoming dates!

Dates TBC

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Any queries please email WISH Training team 

Are you a primary care practitioner interested in developing your sexual and reproductive healthcare knowledge and skills?

Then our SRH Essentials in Primary Care course is for you.

The SRH Essentials Course is aimed at healthcare practitioners working in primary care settings.  It provides an interactive day with scenario-based learning, presentations, time for discussion, questions and role play. It is relevant for those that want  an introduction to SRH.  Itis a useful update for experienced staff.

 At the end of the course, you will be able to:

Develop the skills and confidence to consult with patients about their sexual and reproductive healthcare needs

Recommend an appropriate method of emergency contraception 

Review the COC, POP and injection contraceptive methods

Carry out sexual health risk assessments 

Identify when patients are at risk of STIs

Who is this course for?           
GPs, GP Registrars, Nurses, Physician’s Associates, Paramedics,  Pharmacists and other Healthcare staff working in Primary Care

This full day course is run by Specialist Sexual Health Staff from WISH as well as GP Colleagues with special interest in Sexual Health

Upcoming dates

TBC

Any queries please email the WISH training team

The Assessment half day forms part of the assessment for the Diploma from the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH)

It is a standardised assessment which is completed face to face.

It consists of two parts:

a written assessment that last for one hour.

Four stations that will be completed in rotation.  Before you go into each station, you will have a short time to read through each case scenario to understand which skills and knowledge are being assessed

It is recommended that the AHD is undertaken towards the end of your journey, once you  have completed the majority of  learning and assessments for the DFSRH.

Who is this course for? Anyone eligible to undertake the DFSRH including Doctors, Nurses,  Physician’s Associates, Pharmacists, Midwives

Cost £250

This half day course is run by specialist staff from WISH

Any queries please contact WISH Training team  

 

The following information is for Worcestershire GPs and for Worcestershire GPs who fit long-acting reversible contraception (LARC).  

WISH provide an annual update on both coils and implants.WISH also provide general sexual healthupdates. 

Please note:

WISH is commissioned to fit 'coils' for contraceptive purposes. Please do not refer patients for an Intrauterine System (IUS) if it  is not for contraception. If patients need an IUS for HRT or to control heavy menstrual bleeding and not contraception, then you will need to refer them to Gynaecology.

• Coil fitter update
• Implant fitter update
• Sexual health update 

This course includes  updates on contraception, GUM and the WISH vasectomy service

• Pornography & the impact it has on young people’s relationships
• Gender & Sexuality awareness
• Sexual Health & Relationships for staff working with people who have SEND / LD
• Condom distribution scheme – training for staff.