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This course is designed for nurses but it will be valuable to all healthcare workers. It focuses on safely treating all victim-survivors of sexual offences during the initial consultation. 
This is NOT a competency course and completing it, will not alter your scope of practice or prescriber level.

This course contains 4 content chapters in the form of video presentations and 1 quiz. The video presentations are in a conversational style with built in activities to pause and digest if you are on your own, or to discuss if you are part of a group.

 By the end of this course you will:

• Understand the trauma response and the importance of self-care and communication skills, when managing victim-survivors.

• Know how to apply the step-by-step emergency management of victim-survivors of a sexual offence. This includes the medical management, referral and mandatory reporting processes, making use of Adult Primary Care (APC). 

• Identify health system strengthening opportunities and available community resources.

• Know how to identify self-care needs and ask for help.

 
Course Overview:

• This course contains 4 content chapters in the form of video presentations.

• It will take you approximately 4-6 hours to complete. You can complete it over as many sittings as needed.

• This online course is CPD accredited for 2 clinical and 1 ethics CEU's- level 1. This will be submitted to HPCSA after completion of the course. 

• There is a final quiz that requires you get at least 70% before getting the certificate. It is open book.

• You can stop at any time and come back and continue where you left off. We advise that you complete a video before logging off. 

• You need to complete this course using your own personal account.

Only the account holder will receive certificate of completion and CPD points.

The course has 14 modules. Completing Module 1 is compulsory for everyone who wishes to continue with the SRHR course. Once participants are done with Module 1, they can proceed to ANY module that is most relevant to their work environment, in a non-sequential manner. 

Module 1: The SRHR Policy Framework and Cross-Cutting Areas
Module 2: Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE)
Module 3: Sexual Function and Satisfaction
Module 4: Integration of Menstrual Health and Hygiene (MHH) in SRHR
Module 5: Modern Contraceptives (Family Planning and Counselling)
Module 6: Pre-Natal Care, Safe Delivery and Post-Natal Care 
Module 7: Safe Abortion and Post-Abortion Care
Module 8: Infections in Reproductive Health, including Prevention and Management of HIV and PMTCT, STIs and other Reproductive Tract Infections
Module 9: Prevention and Treatment of Sub-Fertility and Infertility
Module 10: Genetics and SRHR
Module 11: Disability and SRHR 
Module 12: Breast Cancer and Cancers of the Reproductive System 
Module 13: Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Module 14: Palliative Care in Relation to in Non-Communicable and Communicable Diseases
 

Course overall objectives

• Develop human rights approach to sexuality and reproductive health needs in a respectful, protected and fulfilled manner. 
• Provide evidence-informed comprehensive sexuality education across different sectors.
• Promote standards-driven approach to adolescent and Youth Friendly SRH Services (AYFS) and sexuality education. 
• Promote safe practices related to menstrual health and hygiene.
• Reduce unmet need for contraception. 
• Increase access to safe abortion services and treatment of the complications of unsafe abortion.
• Raise awareness on intimate partner violence and non-partner sexual violence and exploitation.