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Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine
Stand Alone Formal Study Course List
This is a list of both mandatory and recommended courses only which have been identified as addressing some of the Formal Study requirements for Sexual Health
Medicine. Please note that this list is subject to change from year to year, is not meant to be exhaustive, and some courses may not be available.
Trainees are encouraged to provide suggestions of relevant courses to the Chapter to help continually update this list of recommended courses. When applying for
approval of courses not on this list, please submit the name, learning objectives, course outlines and a formal letter stating why you would like the Education
Committee to consider your recommendation. The Education Committee will examine your suggestion and make a decision as to whether your recommendation
meets the Sexual Health Medicine training requirements.
Please contact Jane Hoare, Education Officer of the Advanced Training Committee in Sexual Health Medicine on (02) 8247 6248 or [email protected]
for further information on Formal Study courses for Sexual Health Medicine or to submit a recommendation.
Formal Study Area
Fertility Regulation
Mandatory Formal Study Courses:
Course/Qualification
RANZCOG
• Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
OR
FPA Health
• FPAA National Certificate in Reproductive and Sexual Health for Doctors
OR
University of Melbourne Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health (Sexual Health)
• POPH90069 Sexual and Reproductive Health
OR
University of Sydney Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEXH5405 Contraception and Reproductive Health
Comments
F2F at accredited site
F2F
F2F or Distance
Education
F2F and Online
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Formal Study Area
HIV Medicine
Course/Qualification
AND in addition to one of the courses above, all trainees must complete:
• 20 hours of supervised clinical training and logbook equivalent to clinical attachment to FPA
Health Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health.
ASHM
• Short Course in HIV Medicine (mandatory)
AND
• s100 prescriber accreditation/assessment process (mandatory)
AND
Further advanced study in HIV Medicine must be undertaken to complete this requirement.
Note: Advanced trainees in their final year of training may request to complete the following via the
Advanced Training Portal as part of further study in HIV Medicine:
• 2 x HIV Medicine mini-Clinical Evaluation Exercises
• HIV Medicine clinical log-book
Please contact Beverly Bucalon on (02) 9256 9669 or [email protected] if you would like to undertake this
alternative assessment as you will need to submit a request in writing to complete this.
Epidemiology
Trainees are welcome to
complete a combined
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
course for this requirement
OR
University of Sydney Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEX5202 Advanced HIV
University of Sydney
• PUBH5010 Epidemiological Methods and Uses
OR
University of Melbourne
• POPH90014 Epidemiology
OR
• POPH90147 Epidemiology in Practice
OR
• POPH90146 Study Design in Epidemiology
OR
James Cook University
• TM5515 Epidemiology for Public Health
OR
University of Queensland
• PUBH7600 Introduction to Epidemiology
OR
Comments
F2F
F2F or online
F2F
F2F
F2F or online
F2F
F2F
F2F
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Course/Qualification
University of New South Wales
• PHCM9498 Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health
Note: PHCM9498 Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health may count towards both Epidemiology and Biostatistics if
completed.
Biostatistics
Trainees are welcome to
complete a combined
Epidemiology/Biostatistics
course for this requirement
OR
University of Auckland
• POPLHLTH 708 Epidemiology
OR
University of Otago, Wellington
• PUBH 701: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
OR
• PUBH 721: Advanced Epidemiology
University of Sydney
• PUBH5018 Introductory Biostatistics
OR
University of Melbourne
• POPH90013 Biostatistics
OR
• POPH90118 Clinical Biostatistics
OR
James Cook University
• TM5516 Biostatistics for Public Health
OR
University of New South Wales
• PHCM9498 Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health
Note: PHCM9498 Epidemiology and Statistics for Public Health may count towards both Epidemiology and Biostatistics if
completed.
Required:
Supervisor sign off Lab
Methods completed
OR
University of Auckland
• POPLHLTH 706 Statistics in Health Science
OR
University of Otago, Wellington
• PUBH 701: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Lab Methods
• A copy of the lab methods crtieria must be signed off as evidence by a trainee’s supervisor.
Please contact Beverly Bucalon on (02) 9256 9669 or [email protected] for further
details.
Comments
F2F
F2F
F2F or online
F2F
Online
F2F or Distance
Education
F2F
F2F
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Formal Study Area
Sexual Health
Counselling
Recommended Formal Study Courses:
Course/Qualification
University of Sydney - Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEXH5402 Counseling in Sexual Health 1 (Intro Counselling for Health Professions)
University of Sydney - Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEXH5404 Sexual Function and Dysfunction (Variations in Sexual Function)
OR
Dr Sandra Pertot, Clinical Psychologist and Sex Therapist
• "The Practice of Sex Therapy" workshop
Sexual Health Medicine
/ and lab methods
Sexual Assault
(Note in order to gain credit of this course, you will need to complete the assessment component of this course).
University of Melbourne Post Graduate Certificate in Public Health (Sexual Health)
• POPH90068 Sexually Transmissible Infections
AND
University of Sydney - Graduate Program in STD/HIV
• SEXH5206 – Diagnostic Methods in Sexual Health
RANZCOG
• Interactive module in the medical response to sexual assault (including submission of work to the
Comments
F2F and Online
F2F and Online
F2F
F2F or Distance
Education
Online + 1 week
compulsory practicum
Distance Education
Chapter for marking by a Fellow)
OR
Monash University Postgraduate program in Forensic Medicine
• FOR5005 Adult Sexual Assault
OR
University of Sydney Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEXH5409 Adult Sexual Assault
OR
DSAC New Zealand (trainees will meet both the requirements for formal study and supervised clinical practice
Online
F2F and Online
in Sexual Assault if they complete either of these DSAC options)
•
OR
•
Full accreditation with DSAC
F2F and Distance
Education
Provisional accreditation with DSAC (and submission of the RANZCOG module questions for
marking)
OR
Yarrow Place- Rape and Sexual Assault Service
• Forensic Short Course in provision of forensic services to adults who have been raped or
sexually assaulted
F2F
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Course/Qualification
Principles of Adult
Education
TAFE courses
• BSZ40 4A Train small groups (may not be offered in all states)
OR
• BSZ401 3A Plan, Conduct, Review assessment, Certificate IV in Assessment and workplace
training (may not be offered in all states)
OR
University of Auckland
• Post graduate Diploma in Clinical Education
OR
• Post graduate Certificate in Clinical Education (please refer to page 23 of the prospectus)
OR
University of Melbourne
• The Melbourne Teaching Certificate
OR
Charles Darwin University
• TAE40110 CertIV in Training and Assessment
Health promotion
theory
University of Sydney - Masters in HIV, STIs & Sexual Health
• SEXH5008 – Sex and Society
AND
• SEXH5101 – Public Health Aspects of STIs
Not required but useful:
Plan and complete a
AND
• SEXH5102 – Public Health Aspects of HIV/AIDS
OR
University of New South Wales
• PHCM9012 Health Promotion and Social Perspectives of Health
OR
University of Auckland
• POPLHLTH 733 Health Promotion theory
OR
• POPLHLTH 734 Health Promotion strategies
University of Melbourne- Sexual Health Stream in Masters of Public Health
• 505 980 Research Project in Sexual Health:
Comments
F2F
F2F
Flexible and Distance
Education
F2F
F2F
F2F
F2F or Online
F2F or Online
F2F or Online
F2F
F2F
F2F
Supervised Research
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Formal Study Area
research project
Course/Qualification
Semester 1 and 2 or Semester 2 and 1
Comments
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