The two-day course outline
Menopause Special Skills will now take place online
(approved as theory component of the FSRH Menopause Special Skills Module).
This agenda may be subject to change. A pre-course reading list will be provided and certificates of attendance will be available at the end of the course.
DAY ONE
08:45 - Open for registration and networking
Virtual Meet your group on Zoom from 8:45 to 9:15 am
09:15 - Welcome and Introduction
Dr Sarah Gray and Dr Jane Davis
09:25 - Introduction to menopause
Dr Sarah Gray
10:15 - The menopause consultation
Dr Jane Davis
Assessment and management
Consultation structure
Therapeutic options:
- Hormonal treatments
- Non hormonal treatments that can be prescribed
- Complementary options and lifestyle modification
11:15 - Break
11:30 - Group work - practical management
- Products and prescribing
12:45 - Lunch
13:30 - Cardiovascular and metabolic issues
Dr Sarah Gray
Factoring in other medical problems
- Cardiovascular disease in women
- Arterial disease – risks and benefits of HRT
- Venous disease – risk and benefits of HRT
- Diabetes
- Thyroid disease
- Gastro-intestinal tract
- Other
- Questions
14:30 - Group work – case-based discussion
15:30 - Afternoon break
15:45 - Gynaecology headline issues for the post reproductive years
Dr Louise Price
16:30 - Group work: managing problems with vaginal bleeding
- Perimenopause
- Post menopause
- With HRT
17:00 - End of day one
DAY TWO
09:00 - Open for registration and networking
Zoom groups will be open for networking
09:15 - Breast issues, menopause and hormones, Questions
Dr Sarah Gray
10:15 - Group work - case-based discussion
11:00 - Morning break
11:15 - Bone, brain and other considerations
Dr Sarah Gray
- Role of HRT v other options
Arthralgia and myalgia
Brain
- Mood
- Memory and cognition
- Motivation and “mojo”
Questions
12:05 - Group work - discussion
12:50 - Lunch
13:30 - Sexual health…and translation to practice
Dr Jane Davis
Sexual health
- Contraception
- STI
- Sexual function
Questions
Making the consultation effective
Questions
14:30 - Group work
Case based discussion
Formulary development
Formulary development
15:20 - Transition/quick break
15:30 - Pulling it all together
Dr Sarah Gray
- Messages to take back to practice
- Clinical records
Dr Jane Davis
- Learning and reflection
- Further training and accreditation
16:00 - Close
A pre-course reading list will be provided and certificates of attendance will be available at the end of the course.