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Intervening to Reduce Risk - Promoting and Teaching Condom Use course for GPs

Speciality Classification
General Practice ( GP ) / Family Medicine
Location
Online
Delivery
Online
Time / Duration
30 minutes
Subject matter expert
eLearning for Healthcare
Provider
eIntegrity
Endorsed By
RCGP, NHS

This is the last of the four complementary sessions on interventions to reduce risk. In this session we will focus on how to teach and promote the safe and consistent use of condoms. This has been written in conjunction with Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP). Please see acknowledgements for more details. This session was reviewed by Philippa Matthews and last updated in January 2015.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

  • Explain what needs to be covered when teaching correct condom use
  • List how effective condoms can be in preventing the transmission of sexually transmissible infections
  • Describe how to accurately assess a patient's use of condoms
  • Explore problems encountered by patients when using condoms and apply tailored advice on correct condom use
  • Describe how behaviour change interventions can be used to encourage condom use

Although condoms may not be a panacea for sexual health problems, using them safely and consistently is something patients can choose to do to greatly improve their protection from STIs and unwanted pregnancy.


PRM123
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

Before commencing this session you should:

  • Complete the preceding introductory sessions in the Sexual Health and Contraception module
Instructors / Speakers
Philippa Matthews,
General Practitioner

Dr Philippa Matthews (MBBS, FRCGP) is currently Primary Care Development Lead at the Africa Centre in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, working with a population with the highest prevalence of HIV in the world. Prior to this she was a GP in Kings Cross, London, and Sexual Health Clinical Lead for Islington.

She has developed and delivered sexual health training and written extensively about sexual health services in primary care, most recently authoring MEDFASH’s new HIV Testing in Practice (HIV TIPs) webtool to support GPs and practice nurses to increase HIV testing in this area.

Judith Mullineux,
Sexual Health in Practice Coordinator

Judith is project manager of the Sexual Health in Practice (SHIP) scheme in Birmingham and associate lecturer at Warwick Medical School, undertaking module leadership on the Post Graduate Award - Delivery of Sexual Health Care.

For many years Judith practiced as a nurse and health visitor in a variety of settings – hospitals, schools and primary care. After graduating from Birmingham University in 1988 and completing a masters degree in health promotion and education in 1994, Judith developed extensive experience in education, as an FE college lecturer and Open University Tutor. For the last 17 years she has worked as a health promotion specialist delivering and managing a wide range of diverse sexual health promotion initiatives, involving Theatre in Health Education (THE), peer education and NHS workforce development, across the Birmingham area.

Delivery
Title
Intervening to Reduce Risk - Promoting and Teaching Condom Use course for GPs
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Sexual health
Location
Provider Type
Education Provider
Time / Duration
30 minutes
Location
Online
Reference
3.08_08
Access Duration (in months)
12
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