Brook Sexual Health Conference and Awards 2010

BSc (Hons)/Dip HE Sexual Health Studies degree course

Delay Training

Durex Catalyst Programme

Family Planning Workshops (Prof. John Guillebaud)

Fertility Awareness

fpa Training Courses 2009-10

HIV Dilemmas

Improving Access to Contraception Services

Sexual Health in Practice  - e-learning

Sexual Health - Framework for Degree

Sexually Transmitted Infections Foundation Course (STIF)

Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: 2010 and beyond 

               
DUREX CATALYST PROGRAMME

Durex are working closely with Brook and fpa to offer non-specialist staff free training on how to provide effective sexual health support to young people.

Access the Durex Catalyst website here

Workshop in Infectious Diseases

3^rd HIV Dilemmas

(Back by popular demand….)

Thursday, 21st January 2010

Bridgewater Hall,
Upper Mosely St, Manchester (opposite G-Mex)

10.00 am – 4.30 pm  

More details here

Registration form here

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3rd Annual Brook Sexual Health Conference and Awards 2010

BoyGirlManWoman: Putting gender at the heart of improving sexual health and reducing teenage pregnancy

Thursday 4th March 2010
Arsenal Football Club, Emirates Stadium, London N5

The targets for reducing sexual violence, teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections will not be reached unless gender becomes a primary consideration in formulating, developing and delivering policy and practice around young people's sexual health.

This annual conference is an important opportunity for professionals to come together to discuss the latest government strategies, policy developments and targets, and their impact. The conference will discuss the important role that gender plays in supporting young people in understanding themselves and making informed choices about their relationships, sexual health and contraception.

For further information contact Sarah Spencer on 020 7324 4359,
e-mail sarah.spencer@neilstewartassociates.co.uk

TO REGISTER TO ATTEND THIS EVENT PLEASE CLICK HERE

Westminster Health Forum Keynote Seminar

 Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: 2010 and beyond 

 Morning, Tuesday 16th March 2010

Central London

with

Alison Hadley

Teenage Pregnancy Unit, Department for Children, Schools and Families

and

Gill Frances

Chair, Teenage Pregnancy Independent Advisory Group (TPIAG)

• Places at Teenage Pregnancy Strategy: 2010 and beyond (including refreshments and PDF copy of the transcripts) are £190 plus VAT (£218.50);
• Concessionary rate places for small charities, unfunded individuals and those in similar circumstances are £80 plus VAT (£92). Please be sure to apply for this at the time of booking.

 For those who cannot attend:

• Copies of the briefing document, including full transcripts of all speeches and the questions and comments sessions and further articles from interested parties, will be available approximately 7 days after the event for £95 plus VAT (£109.25);
• Concessionary rate: £50 plus VAT (£57.50).
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 Westminster Health Forum website

Book On-line

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Sexual Health In Practice

-  new e-learning course

Sexual Health IN>PRACTICE is a web-based education programme designed to complement the national strategy for sexual health and HIV, and comes at a time when the UK's sexual health is high priority.

About the programme
Sexual Health IN>PRACTICE consists of six key sexual healthrelated topic areas comprising:
• Foundation (including A&P and Sexual Health Development)
• Role of Primary Care
• Role of the Practice Nurse
• Sexually Transmitted Infections
• Latest Topics
• Communication

Each topic is supported by a mix of activities, resources and tools for applying sexual health theory in practice. The programme is designed to enhance core skills for practice nurses through the development of practical education solutions that improve clinical outcomes. The engaging and comprehensive resources accommodate a rangeof learning preferences and styles.

Further information here...

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PROFESSOR JOHN GUILLEBAUD

Family  Planning Workshops

 
If you would like to receive an application form for any of the above events, then please contact 

Palm Training Ltd, 6 Foinavon Close, Rowley Regis, B65 8QB

Tel/Fax  01384 235207

Email palmtraining@tesco.net

Updated 22.4.09

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BSc (Hons)/Dip HE Sexual Health Studies degree course

A unique and exciting new degree has been developed by sexual health experts at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in a bid to move sexual health forward.

 The BSc (Hons)/Dip HE Sexual Health Studies degree course is the first in the country to be offered at this level as a theory only, non-clinical route, and can be accessed by college leavers on a full or part-time basis.

 Debbie Wisby, Course Leader from the Midwifery Department in UCLan's School of Public Health and Clinical Sciences, commented: “With the rise in incidents of STIs, especially among young adults, there has been an increase in the demand for sexual health services. The development of these services is now influencing the educational requirements of sexual health staff.

 “This course has been created for people with an interest in sexual health and who don’t want to take the standard clinical approach. With sexual and reproductive ill-health increasing significantly in the UK, the Sexual Health Studies degree aims to help combat this increase, meeting the needs of the service and staff in the future in line with current sexual health issues, strategy and policy.”

 The first ever National Strategy for Sexual Health and HIV highlighted key governmental targets that address key areas of sexual health such as the transmission and prevalence of HIV and STIs and unintended pregnancy (especially in teenagers). An important element of achieving these targets is the education and training of healthcare professionals.

 The first cohort of the new degree will start in September, covering topics such as understanding health, sexual health related biological sciences, sexuality, collaborative working in health and social care, research process, principles of contraception and fertility control, sexual health and sexually transmitted infections, sexual health promotion, leadership and organisational development, employability and enterprise amongst others.

 For further information about the course, contact Debbie Wisby, Admissions Tutor/Course Leader in Sexual Health, on 01772 893887 or email: dawisby@uclan.ac.uk

SEXUAL HEALTH FRAMEWORK

from the School of Health and Social Care, University of Greenwich

This prospectus contains details of their Sexual Health Framework and associated programmes and courses provided by the School of Health & Social Care for those of you wishing to extend your Continuing Professional Development and thereby your career opportunities in sexual health.

Courses can be taken individually or as part of a programme leading to a specified award, such as a BSc Hons or an MA. Many are available via electronic learning, including the Sexual Health Skills course, which are offered in partnership with the Royal College of Nursing, Department of Health and Teenage Pregnancy Unit.

Modules include:-

Advanced Contraceptive Practice
Cervical Cytology and Breast Awareness
Contemporary Issues in Sexual Health
Contraception and Reproductive Sexual Health Practice
Current Issues in HIV and AIDS
Delivering SRE in the Classroom
Developing an Advanced Portfolio for Practice
Ethics and Professional Values
Fertility Awareness
Inter-Professional Working
Introduction to Sexual Infections and Sexual Health
Managing Infertility
Psychosexual Awareness

For further information, please see the Prospectus here

fpa Training Courses 2009 - 10

Includes courses on:

• Liberating Life Choices
• Fantasy vs. Reality: the Impact and Influence of Pornography on Young People
• Sexual Exploitation and Young People
• Basics of Contraception
• STIs: An Introduction
• Moving the Goalposts: SRE with Young Men
• Training the Trainers: Sexual Health Teaching and Learning Practice
• Core Competencies in Sexual Health for Youth Workers
• Sexual Health Starts Here
• Delivering sex and relationships work with people with learning disabilities: Practical Approaches
• Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD), sexuality and sex and relationships work

 at Glasgow / London / Cardiff

Full details here

Fertility Awareness

Fertility UK is currently developing an accredited training course in collaboration with Margaret Pyke.  It is being developed for health care professionals to enable basic and advance skilled consultations in fertility awareness. This is proposed to be a course containing 5 theory days  spread over a 3 month period in total and will give those attending a comprehensive training in this subject. Within the programme there will be development of clinical skills in this area.. At the end of the course, there will be an exam and an assessment of client teaching skills.

 Fertility awareness methods are increasingly in demand from women and couples for several reasons – ecological and medical as well as cultural, religious and moral. In addition, from a service provider’s point of view, it is extremely cost effective. There is a growing demand for this training in order to meet the need.

 If you would be interested in further details once they are available, it would be helpful in terms of assessing numbers and geographical location if you could email Rosemary Massouras, Chief Executive / Conference Manager at Margaret Pyke  rosemarymassouras@margaretpyke.org stating either your postcode or town/city. From this information, we will be able to inform you as soon as we have full details about the course. 

Jane Knight, Fertility Nurse Specialist & Head of Training, Fertility UK

jknight@fertilityuk.org

Improving  access  to  contraception  services

Workshop  for  health  professionals

Thursday 11 March 2010

Taunton

AIMS:

To share best practice and support those working

to improve access to contraception services locally.

The contributors will include:

• Professor Roger Ingham, Director for Sexual Health Research, School of Psychology, University of Southampton

• A representative from the Department of Health

♦ Sexual Health Leads of PCTs

♦ Providers of sexual health services including:

♦ Commissioners

♦ Local teenage pregnancy coordinators

♦ Others working to modernise sexual health services