Menopause Training
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- BMS/FSRH Special Skills Module
- BMS/RCOG Menopause Special Skills Module
- Menopause education for nurses
Menopause Education for Nurses
Nurses are at the forefront of menopause practice, especially in primary care, but few have completed any formal training to demonstrate their knowledge and competence. The Nursing and Midwiifery (NMC) Code of Conduct highlights that you are personally accountable for your practice, regardless of direction from another professional and it is your own responsibility to ensure that your practice is competent. Completing a recognised course does not ensure competence but enhances your knowledge and may help demonstrate a defined level of practice. It will also help you when considering the Knowledge and Skills Framework within Agenda for Change.
1. Foundation Course
Developed in partnership with The Menopause Clinical and Research Unit,
Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, this two day course aims to provide nurses
with a foundation knowledge of issues relevant to menopause. This includes:
- Physiology, signs and symptoms
- An understanding of the relationship between ageing in women and osteoporosis, cancer, heart disease and mental health problems
- An understanding of therapeutic options, hormonal, non hormonal and complementary.
- An introduction to nurse assessment, monitoring and prescribing.
A Certificate of Attendance will be issued on completion.
This course is aimed at:
- Practice Nurses
- Sexual Health Nurses
- Gynaecology Nurses
- Endocrinology Nurses
- Menopause Nurses
- Allied Health Professionals working in
Women’s Health,
such as pharmacists, dieticians, physiotherapists are also wlecome.
Next Courses:
24 - 25 January 2012,
Guildford, Surrey. Venue tbc.
Download the registration
form. (DOC 38K)
12th-13th June 2012
Manchester Novotel City Centre. 21 Dickinson Street M1 4LX Manchester
Download the registration
form. (DOC 40K)
Information: Kathy.abernethy@btinternet.com
Tel: 0208 869 2877
2. The Menopause Course – Advanced.
This programme has been developed in partnership with The Menopause Clinical
and Research Unit at Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow.
Format: This course is under review during 2011.
Accreditation: Accredited by the RCN Accreditation Unit.
Content: The course will include -
- Indepth knowledge of menopause and its effects
- Knowledge of social, cultural, psychological and biological explanations of menopause
- Osteoporosis, heart disease and cancer in relation to menopause
- In depth knowledge of treatment strategies, conventional and complementary
- Specific HRT understanding, side effects, risks and contraindications
- Assessment and evaluations
- Decision making and organisation skills
Aimed at:
- Experienced practitioners, especially practice nurses
- Specialist nurses
- Prescribing nurses
- Senior nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Other health professionals also welcome
The course aims to be highly relevant, with clinical scenarios, prescribing guidelines and opportunities for discussion and reflection on all topics relating to menopause. For prescribing nurses, it will offer an accredited, formal demonstration of competency in HRT prescribing knowledge.
Next course: Autumn 2011 tbc.
Information: Kathy.abernethy@btinternet.com
Tel: 0208 869 2877.
3. Menopause After Cancer - A Study Day.
Thursday 24th May 2012
Academy of Medical Sciences
41 Portland Place
London W1B 1QH
Aimed at nurses working with women who have had cancer of any type, either recently or in the past. Menopause may be the consequence of surgical treatments, or of radio or chemotherapy, or symptoms worsened by treatments such as Tamoxifen or Aromatase Inhibitors. After cancer, when menopause occurs, therapy options need careful discussion, even when the cancer was long before.
Programme includes:
- General menopause overview
- Menopause after Gynae Cancer
- Menopause after Breast Cancer
- Non hormonal therapy options
- Vaginal atrophy
- HRT Update
- Improving service provision - establishing a specialist clinic
Interested nurses will include:
- Gynae Oncology Nurses
- Breast Care Nurses
- Gynae Nurses
- Practice Nurses
- Menopause Nurses
Contact: kathy.abernethy@btinternet.com
Tel: 0208 869 2877
» Details and registration form on the meetings page
