The Barbados Family Planning Association will be hosting its first medical conference on Sexual and Reproductive Health in the Caribbean on June 24-25, 2017. 
Scheduled to be held at the Radisson Aquatica Hotel in Barbados, the goal of this conference is to provide an opportunity for information sharing and enhanced knowledge of current sexual and reproductive health practices, psychosocial perspectives, patient considerations and barriers to care. Topics explored include contraception, fertility, chronic disease and reproductive health, sexual transmitted infections, adolescent health and more. Health care providers, mental health professionals, health educators and others involved in the multidisciplinary care and intervention network are welcome to attend this event. The hours of this event will contribute to Continuing Professional Education credits for the participants.
The panel will feature guest presenter Helen Knox, UK’s first Outreach Clinical Nurse Specialist in Contraception and Sexual Health who is an expert in contraception and sexual health training and publications for all age groups, using exciting, motivational, and innovative ways. Her main presentation will be a special interactive workshop on Men’s Sexual Health, exploring the challenges that arise with male sexual health consultations and examinations. Helen is well-known in Barbados for her “Sexplained” column in the Better Health Magazine.
Dr. Juliet Skinner of the internationally accredited Barbados Fertility Clinic will open the medical education programme supported by a stellar faculty of the Barbadian health care providers lead by Dr. Tracy Archer, Medical Director of the Barbados Family Planning Association.
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See the programme below:
Programme: Day 1 Saturday, 24 June 2017 830am-430pm
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 8.00-8.30am | Registration | |
| 8.30-9.00 | Opening Session
Opening Remarks MOH Representative Key Note Address |
Juliette Bynoe-Sutherland, BFPA
TBA, MOH Helen Knox, Clinical Nurse Specialist, UK |
| 9.00-10.00 | Fertility Session | Dr. Juliet Skinner, Fertility Specialist, Barbados Fertility Centre |
| 10.00-11.00 | Contraception Session
· Contraception in later years · LARC · Addressing risk with contraception · Current evidence on Emergency contraception |
Dr. Tracy Archer, Gynaecologist
Dr. Sandra Bynoe, Gynaecologist
Dr. Alana Francis, Physician
|
| 11.00-12.00 | Sexually Transmitted Infections
· Statistics · HIV and Sexual and reproductive health
· Common Cases in a GP Practice |
Dr. Anton Best, Senior Medical Officer of Health, MOH
Dr. Edwin Thompson, GP |
| 12.00-1.00 | Lunch | |
| 2.00-2.30 | Breastfeeding and HIV – Is Breast Always Best? | Dr. Alison Bernard, Breastfeeding and Child Nutrition Foundation of Barbados |
| 2.00-2.45 | Vaginal Discharge
· Exploring the different types of vaginal discharge. · What to consider, related to a sexual health consultation. · How to recognise the normal from the abnormal, and what their differences suggest. |
Helen Knox, Clinical Nurse Specialist, UK |
| 2.45-3.30 | HPV Session
· Managing HPV: Increase understanding and integration of immunization · Barbados cervical cancer screening guidelines/protocol
|
Dr. Carlos Chase, Gynaecologist
Dr. Karen Broome. Senior Medical Officer of Health, MOH |
| 3.30-4.30 | Special Session: Alternative Genders
· Physician client interaction · Breaking down barriers to care |
Dr. Walter Alleyne, GP, MOH |
Programme – Day 2 Sunday, 25 June 2017 830am-400pm
| Time | Topic | Speakers |
| 800-8.30am | Registration | |
| 8.30-9.30 | Adolescent Sexual Health
· Contraception · Access to care · Who educates on sexual health |
Physicians to be confirmed
Keriann Hurley (BFPA) |
| 9.30-10.15 | Understanding Relationships – Why does sexual health education fail- Interactive Session | Janelle Chase Mayers, Creative Systemic Therapist |
| 10.15-11.00 | Medical Termination of Pregnancy | Dr. Tracey Archer, Gynaecologist |
| 11.00-11.45 | Painful Sex & The Pelvic Floor | Jasmine Evelyn, Physiotherapist |
| 11.45-12.45 | Lunch | |
| 12.45-2.00 | Men’s Sexual Health – A combined presentation and interactive workshop.
· An overview of the stereotypical male, versus the individual male · Exploring our feelings and fears when dealing with male sexual health consultations and examinations. · What to ask, and why, when taking a man’s sexual history. |
Helen Knox, Clinical Nurse Specialist, UK |
| 2.00-2.45 | Vasectomy
Erectile Dysfunction |
Urologist to Be Announced |
| 2.45-3.45
Concurrent Session |
Chronic Disease & Reproductive Health
· Reproductive mental health · Contraceptive care for patients with chronic disease · Obesity and contraception |
Dr. Arianne Bennett, Physician
Dr. Kamara Odle Cummins, Gynaecologist |
| 2.45-3.45
Concurrent Session |
Nursing session
· Bringing up the topic of contraception and sexual health · How to assess whether a woman is at risk of pregnancy · Identify when your patient is at risk of an STI · When to refer
|
Helen Knox, Clinical Nurse Specialist, UK
Local Public Health Nurses to be announced |
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