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The Sexual History - Assessing Condom Use, Pregnancy Risk and Symptoms 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 session explains how to use the sexual history to assess condom use, pregnancy risk, and future risk of acquiring STIs. This session 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:

  • State the clinical value of sexual history taking
  • List a range of questions that can work well in taking a partner history
  • Demonstrate strategies and useful questioning for assessing contraceptive use
  • List additional questions used to assess condom use and to assess risk of HIV

This session is the third and last addressing how to take a sexual history. We take sexual histories in order to assess the risk of the patient having or acquiring a sexual health problem.


PRM123
Entry Requirements / Prerequisites

Before commencing this session you should:

  • Be working or training in the general practice context

Have completed sessions:

  • Sexual Health: Indicators of Risk
  • The Sexual History -Sexual History Taking in the General Practice Context
  • The Sexual History - The Partner History
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.

Type
Delivery
Title
The Sexual History - Assessing Condom Use, Pregnancy Risk and Symptoms course for GPs
Interest Areas / Topics Covered
Sexual health
Location
Provider Type
Education Provider
Time / Duration
30 minutes
Location
Online
Posted By
eIntegrity Healthcare e-Learning
Reference
3.08_04
Access Duration (in months)
12
Modules this course belongs to
Price:
$19.00
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