STIF Core / STIF Plus Course
(1 or 2 day course for Healthcare Professionals)

British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Upcoming Course Registration


BASHH endorsed (British Association Sexual Health & HIV) STIF

Target Audience

  • Multidisciplinary – Doctors and Nurses from primary care, family
    planning, secondary care clinicians, ID and GUM NCCG’s, public
    health advisers, (who may encounter patients with STIs)

Aim of the Course

  • To equip participants with the basic knowledge, skills and attitudes
    for the effective management of sexually transmitted infections
    (STIs)

Learning objectives

By the end of the course candidates should:

Knowledge

  • Understand the principles of STI service provision
  • Be aware of the issues relating to confidentiality, partner
    notification and treatment
  • Basic knowledge of the epidemiology and the factors involved in
    the transmission of STIs and how to prevent transmission
  • Basic knowledge of common Sexually Transmitted infections (STIs), their presentation, diagnosis and
    management
  • Know where and when to refer patients on

Skills

  • By the end of the course they should be competent, and feel comfortable, taking a sexual history
  • Develop the skills necessary to inform patients on reducing their risk of sexual infections and their risk of
    unplanned pregnancy
  • Optimise care pathways for patients through improved links with local GUM/Sexual health (TOP,
    Contraception, psychosexual), and microbiology service.

Attitudes

  • Appreciation of the lifestyle and circumstances of others and how this may reflect in their presentation and
    impact on their management.
  • Develop an appreciation and acceptance of the range of human sexuality, lifestyles, culture and the impact
    this has transmission/prevention counselling
  • Develop an understanding of how one’s personal beliefs could affect the consultation

Upcoming Dates and Venue/Location


* STIF CORE / STIF PLUS *

14th-15th Sep 2012 (2days) @ The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1
Course Director: Consultant, Dr J Lambert, GUM and ID, Mater Rotunda, and UCD School of Medicine.
Course Fee incl. Lunch and Tea/Coffee

 

* STIF PLUS *

1st Dec 2012 (1 day) @ The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin 1
Course Director: Consultant, Dr J Lambert, GUM and ID, Mater Rotunda, and UCD School of Medicine.
Course Fee incl. Lunch and Tea/Coffee

 

Course Registration Forms and further information can be obtained from:

Gordana Avramovic,
Research Assistant
Catherine Mc Auley Education and Research Centre
UCD- MMUH
21 Nelson Street
Dublin 7
Ireland
00 353 1 716 4562

Email: gavramovic@mater.ie