The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons has taken the mantle of addressing workplace behaviour across Australia and New Zealand and one of the initiatives is a course offered for all surgeons and surgical registrars to improve communication. In order to offer the course more widely, more instructors are needed. Please consider your availability to do this important teaching.
[EVENT] Hosted by Dr Louise Stone, the lead editor of an international text book on sexual harassment in medicine, you are invited to attend the next Sexual Harassment in Medicine seminar to be held Saturday 23 March 2024. Register today.
[EVENT] The inaugural Women in Rural Health Leadership Conference will be held in Sydney on Thursday 20 June. Designed for women in rural health who have started in, or are looking to progress to, leadership roles, it will feature a series of inspiring and practical presentations from women in leadership positions in the sector – as well as practical workshops. Register your interest to stay up to date.
EVENT Monash University is again running an introductory course in Sexual Medicine and Therapy. This 2-day online multidisciplinary course on Sexuality and Sexual Difficulties, being held 15 March and 23 March 2024, is relevant for all health practitioners, trainees and students. It will discuss the need to talk about sex, address the obstacles, and will empower the registrants to raise and discuss topics of sexuality and sexual difficulties with their patients. Early bird registration closes soon. Register today.
EVENT REMINDER Registrations will close on 13 March. Monash University is again running an introductory course in Sexual Medicine and Therapy. This 2-day online multidisciplinary course on Sexuality and Sexual Difficulties, being held 17 March and 25 March 2023, is relevant for all health practitioners, trainees and students. It will discuss the need to talk about sex, address the obstacles, and will empower the registrants to raise and discuss topics of sexuality and sexual difficulties with their patients.
Being held 25 March and 2 April 2022, Monash University is again running an introductory course in Sexual Medicine and Therapy. This 2-day online multidisciplinary course on Sexuality and Sexual Difficulties, is relevant for all health practitioners, trainees and students. It will discuss the need to talk about sex, address the obstacles, and will empower the registrants to raise and discuss topics of sexuality and sexual difficulties with their patients.
Being held 12 March and 20 March, Monash University is again running a 2 day introductory course in Sexual Medicine and Therapy. “Let’s Talk About Sex: Sexuality and Sexual Difficulties” sold out in 2019 and 2020 so please hurry, as places are limited.
March 1-7 is Endometriosis Awareness week and I welcome you to download and share the free learning module and RATE tool with your colleagues.
Attention all Youth Leaders and Young Professionals! NGO CSW Forum are offering $5000 grants to support projects to advance gender equity. Get in quick!
In this video, as part of the Youth Leaders & Young Professional’s Youth Preparation Series for CSW65, the NGO CSW guest presenter deliver a workshop on Presentation Skills for medical women.
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