What you get by completing this session

  • 30 mins of CPD

    A 20 minute video lecture with presentation slides, you can stop and start anytime you like. 10 minute quiz is included.

  • Certificate of Completion

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  • Easy CPD Documentation

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What you'll learn in this expert session

Increasingly, IUDs are being seen as an appropriate, effective contraceptive option for women of all ages. And also increasingly, women will be looking to their healthcare professionals to have all the answers to questions about these devices, be it prior to insertion or once the device is in situ. In this presentation, women's health experts, Dr Terri Foran and Dr Sara Whitburn, will answer a number of questions sent in by Healthed's medical professional audience that relate specifically to IUDs, including how long they can safely stay in the uterus, how they might be managed in menopausal women and the role for IUDs other than Mirena.

About the Experts

Dr Terri Foran

Dr Terri Foran is a Sexual Health Physician and has a special interest in contraception, menopause issues and the management of sexually transmitted infections. She was previously the Medical Director of Family Planning NSW and is now in clinical practice in Darlinghurst. She is also engaged in both clinical and research work at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney. Dr Foran holds the position of Lecturer at the University of New South Wales in the School of Women's and Children's Health. She coordinates Phase 2 of their undergraduate Women's Health program as well as supervising a number of modules in the Masters of Reproductive Medicine and Masters of Women's Health Medicine Programs offered by UNSW.

Dr Sara Whitburn

Dr Whitburn works at Sexual Health Victoria and Belmore Road Medical Centre. She holds a fellowship of the RACGP, a diploma from RANZCOG and a diploma in Sexual and Reproductive Health care. She is interested in Women's health across all ages but in her clinical work focuses on menopause, midlife health and vulval medicine.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    How to complete this course

    • Instructions
  • 2

    IUDs – Common Questions Answered

    • Summary

    • Video lecture (20 mins)

    • Quiz: test your learning (10 mins)
  • 3

    Document your CPD here

    • CPD Documentation and Reflection Activity Tool
  • 4

    Feedback

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