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Are you a Health Professional looking to refresh and develop your skills?
Description
Perimenopause is a normal life event for almost every woman across the globe. Despite this, there is very little training on this topic in health professional curricula, and some nurses and midwives may not grasp the significance of hormonal fluctuations on women's bodies. In addition, there is a great deal of stigmatisation and stereotyping around perimenopause and menopause, and these negative attitudes can have a devastating impact on the woman. Health professionals from all backgrounds can play a role in reducing stigma and stereotypes, improving women's education, and starting the conversation about possible signs of perimenopause and available forms of management.
This short course explains the definitions of and differences between perimenopause and menopause, and it provides information on possible signs and symptoms, common forms of management and treatment, and how nurses and midwives can begin the conversation about this normal hormonal change.
The course consists of three hours self-directed online learning followed by a one hour facilitated online discussion session with the course coordinator to explore this rarely discussed topic. Pre-course activity access and online meeting details will be emailed to participants approximately two weeks prior to the course date. Pre-course activity access will be deactivated the day following the course.
This course is suitable for any nurses, midwives, and medical officers with an interest in learning more about perimenopause and the considerations required to care appropriately for women experiencing this.
This course can be delivered at your local facility. To discuss this, please contact postgraduatenursing@nd.edu.au or call (08) 9433 0205
Dates
Time: 10:00 - 11:00 AWST
Location: Online
Cost: $120 (inc. GST)
CPD Hours: 4 hours