Part time over 1 Academic Year : 140 hours total.
This course is credit rated by the University of Greenwich (30 credits at Level 3)
2006 course fees £450 payable to the Association of Psychosexual Nursing on successful application
30 Credits Level 3 (validated by Greenwich University)
For
Greenwich University-
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This module in Psychosexual Care for registered health care practitioners is part of the Association's awareness of its role in the continuing development of education and skills training which recognises the value of reflective practice, and the study of clinical work within all professional groups. The aim of this module is to promote confidence in working with clients who express anxieties related to sexual health through participation in Balint experiential seminars.
All health care professionals need to recognise and respond to the fact that clients are sexual beings both in health and illness. It is often tempting for the practitioner to retreat from psychosexual anxieties; this is sensitive work requiring responses tailored to the individual. Continuing training and support is necessary to enable health care professionals to develop the confidence required to respond appropriately.
Course Structure
Option 1:-
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Part time over 1 Academic Year : 140 hours total. |
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This course is credit rated by the University of Greenwich (30 credits at Level 3) |
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2006 course fees £450 payable to the Association of Psychosexual Nursing on successful application |
Option 2:-
Course as in Option 1 but taken part time over 2years (i.e monthly seminars). This option is designed to provide access to practitioners who experience difficulties in being released from practice to attend fortnightly seminars. Practitioners eligible for the 2 year route are required to have some experience of seminar work i.e. they should have already attended seminar or be attending a monthly seminar group.
Option 3:- Continuing Professional Development through Balint Psychosexual Awareness Seminars
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Part time over 1 (or 2) Academic year(s) (21 seminars). |
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An attendance certificate is awarded on completion |
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2006 course fees £350 payable to the Association of Psychosexual Nursing on successful application |
Supervised training takes place in 18x 2 hour seminars (6 per term) and 3x2 hour reading seminars (1 per term).
Unsupervised practice - 90 hours to include a written diary, a reflective practice journal, seminar preparation (individual writing up of seminars). Summative assessment by 2,500 word assignment and a 1,500 word reflective account of learning from a Balint Psychosexual Case presentation.
Dates: Academic dates are set by the Association based on demand availability. On application please indicate when you would be interested in starting the course and the geographical area where you are based. Courses usually run with 8-12 members.
(Please note that study days and/ or one day workshops can be arranged in local areas -this can be a useful way to raise awareness and also ascertain the level of local interest -please contact the Association by email or in writing psychosexualnursing@btinternet.com )
This course aims through the participation in Balint experiential seminars to:
| promote critical awareness and confidence in recognising and responding to clients' psychosexual feelings and anxiety |
| enhance and develop reflective analysis of clinical skills required to enable the Practitioner to listen and respond appropriately to the sexual health and anxieties of individual clients in their everyday clinical practice. |
| develop knowledge and critical awareness of how sexual feelings can be disturbed as a result of life experiences (e.g. in childbirth, hospitalisation, surgery, physical treatments, bereavement and loss). |
| facilitate the recognition of verbal and non-verbal clues in which psychosexual feelings and anxieties may be expressed to the health care professional and, to differentiate those conditions of psychosexual distress which require referral. |
| critically examine the use of evidence based practice through the exploration of a range of research and literature relevant to the field of psychosexual health. |
Prerequisites for attendance
in
current clinical practice (qualified for a minimum of 1 year)
in an
area of practice where actual or potential psychosexual distress may arise
prepared
to attend 18 x 2 hour seminars fortnightly in term time over a 12 month period
and 3x2hour reading seminars
evidence
of attendance at 2 basic `taster’ psychosexual awareness seminars e.g. at the Association study days.
evidence
of ability to study at level 3. This
may take the form of a 500 word essay on pre-course reading and/or learning from
taster seminars.
Member or Associate Member of the Association of Psychosexual Nursing
For more information, details of venues and application form please write to:
THE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOSEXUAL NURSING PO Box 2762, London W1A 5HQ, Registered Charity No. 1076225
or Email: psychosexualnursing@btinternet.com