Sexual Wellness Professional Development Series
About the series
The Sexual Wellness Professional Development Series is a free online initiative designed to meet the distinctive needs of rural and regional sexual health professionals. Our primary aim is to enhance knowledge, skills, and confidence in adopting best-practice approaches to address sexual health and wellness concerns.
Each month, experts in the field of sexual health delve into topics tailored to a range of health professionals including but not limited to; clinical, health promotion, community services and education. This series also serves as a platform to showcase emerging evidence in the field.
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Upcoming webinars
Webinar recordings
If you were unable to attend one of our PD webinars, you may still be able to find the recording below. Unfortunately, due to some funding and content restrictions, not all of our sessions are able to recorded. If there is a session you have questions about, but do not see below, please contact us at cersh-admin@unimelb.edu.au
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- February - Presenter: A/Prof Cindy Jones, Topic: Navigating Sexuality, Ageing, and Dementia: Understanding Intimacy in Later Life. (slide deck only upon request)
- March - Presenter: Dr Darren Russell, Topic: Providing HIV Care in 2026.
- April - Presenter: Dr Hilary Caldwell, Topic: Celebrating sluts as a political force for gender equality.
- May- Presenter: Dr Stephanie Bond, Topic: Addressing rising rates of congenital syphilis.
- June- Presenter: Dr Natasha Davidson, Topic: Preventive sexual and reproductive care for women from refugee-like backgrounds.
- July- Presenter: Jenny Ward, Topic: Promoting gender equity in health through data: Victorian Women's Health Atlas 2.0.
- August- Presenter: Maddi Whittle, Topic: Increasing STI prevention and education for FIFO workers.
- September- Presenter: Dr Em Thrower, Topic: Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy - Initiation, Monitoring and Case Study Discussion.
- October- Presenter: Dr Emily Castell, Topic: Supporting Young People with Disability in Relationships & Sexuality Education.
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- February - Presenter: Dr Emily Corbett, Topic: Exploring conditions of sexual revictimisation in regional and rural communities.
- April - Presenter: Jordina Quain, Topic: Sexuality & Relationships Education- what is it and why do we need it now more than ever?
- July - Presenter: Dr Kate van Berkel, Topic: Mpox in Focus: Exploring Current and Future Risks, Best Practices, and Effective Contact Tracing
- July - Presenter: Leon Huxtable, Topic: Screen Smarts: Empowering Young People to Navigate Sexual Content Online Responsibly.
- August - Presenter: Prof Bronwyn Graham, Topic: Accounting for sex and gender in health and medical research and practice: why does it matter and where do I begin?
- September - Presenters: Louise Holland & Elise Kornmann, Topic: Improving Healthcare Access for Women in Rural and Regional Victoria: Women’s Health Mobile Clinic.
- September- Presenter: Associate Professor Siobhan Bourke, Topic: Understanding Bacterial Vaginosis.
- October - Presenter: Steph Munari, Topic: Young people and STIs, including preferences and motivations for partner notification from the 2024 Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n’ Roll survey.
- November - Presenter: Kim Lucas, Topic: Virtual Women's Health Clinic.
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- February - Presenter: Fabian Kong, Topic: Optimising treatments for STIs with a focus on Neisseria gonorrhoea.
- March- Presenter: Katrina Marson, Topic: Relationships and Sexuality Education
- April- Presenter: Dr Sonia Grover, Topic: Insights into understanding adolescent period related problems and how we understand adult women’s period and pelvic pain.
- June- Presenters: Esme and Susan James, Topic: Unpacking SexTistics: Bringing the Conversation to Social Media
- July- Presenter: Dr Dave Evans, Topic: STI-X – Australia’s first multi-STI test vending machine: One year on.
- August- Presenter: Dr Haris Noor, Topic: How to provide quality primary health care to LGBTQI patients.
- September- Presenters: Zahra Stardust and Prof Kath Albury, Topic: LGBTQ Sextech: Cultures and Practices
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- March - Presenter: Professor Jane Tomany, Topic: Partner Notification for STIs/HIV.
- April - Presenter: Alan McKee, Topic: What do we know about the effects of pornography after 50 years of academic research.
- May - Presenter: Debbie Ollis, Topic: A context for SRE/RSE/RRE in 2023.
- July - Presenter: Budiadi Sudarto, Topic: "Part of their body, part of their wellbeing": Education providers role in sexual and reproductive health education for international students in Victoria, Australia.
- September - Presenter: Louise Bourchier, Topic: "Older adults' sexual health".
- October - Present: Jodi Rogers, Topic: "Birds and Bees'
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- June - Presenter: Dr Siobhan Bourke, Topic: Sensitive Physical Examination.
- July - Presenter: Shannon Hill, Topic: Building Support for Women's Sexual Wellbeing in Rural & Regional Victoria.
- August - Presenter: Dr Gemma McKibben & Molly Madigan, Topic: Power to Kids: A Child Sexual Abuse prevention and response program in Out-of-Home Care.
- September - Presenter: Isabella Burstin, Topic: Empowering individuals with physical, cognitive, and sexual health conditions to engage their sexuality through providing accessible products and sex-positive blogs.