Australian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM)

Training provided online and face to face at the national level as well as state specific training courses. 

Subject areas include HIV, HCV, HBV, STIs/BBV, Gender Affirming Care as well as specific nursing, midwifery and nurse/midwife practitioner courses.
ASHM offers courses for nurses in the following areas:

• Clinical Foundations of HIV
• Clinical Foundations of Hepatitis B
• Clinical Foundations of Hepatitis C
• Contraception Essentials in Primary Care
• PrEP in Practice: A Nursing Approach to HIV Prevention
• Gender Diverse Sexual Health Care
• Syphilis Outbreak Training
• MPOX Vaccination Training 
• Sexual Health Fundamentals
• Clinical Extensions of HIV 
• HIV and Ageing 
• HIV and Women 

ACON Pride Training 

Pride Training is an ACON program providing specialised LGBTQ+ awareness and inclusivity training. They have a range of learning options to build capacity, knowledge and confidence to deliver inclusive and affirming services to sexuality and gender diverse communities.

ACON offers professional development for health and community organisations to increase their knowledge of people with diverse genders and sexualities, their health priorities, and considerations for care.

They also provide workplace inclusion training across all sectors to increase safety and equity in the workforce.

Training courses include:

• LGBTQ+ Introduction
• Asking Questions on Gender and Sexuality
• Trans Vitality: Trans Affirming Practice
• LGBTQ+ Inclusive Practice 
• Trans & Gender Diverse Inclusive Practice 
• Sexual Assault in LGBTQ+ Communities
• Suicide Prevention in LGBTQ+ Communities

AusPATH - Australian Professional Association for Trans Health

This online platform offers education on the health, rights and well-being of all trans people - binary and non-binary to health professionals. It also has latest information on best practices and policies, and maintains a national directory of providers who provide trans-friendly healthcare.

Training courses include:

• Trans Mental Health Care
• Trans Primary Care

Monash University - Recognising and Responding to Sexual Violence in Adults 

Monash University offers a free Commonwealth funded short course for healthcare professionals to support patients who may have experienced sexual violence. The course can either be delivered online or face to face.

Units include:

• Drivers and Impacts of Sexual Violence
• Responding to Adult Disclosures of Sexual Violence
• The Intersectionality of Sexual Violence

WOMEN PARTNERS

Women Partners provides support and counselling for women whose male partner is having sex with men or has come out as gay or bisexual. They offer a range of services for professionals, including training to support their ongoing growth and development in their respective fields and to support their clients. The Professional Development portal allows professionals to create an account and access resources like past and future webinars, training, and quizzes.

FAMILY PLANNING NSW

New South Wales

Offers courses for nurses in the following areas

• Contraceptive implant insertion and removal training
• IUD insertion training
• Cervical Screening Comprehensive Skills Training
• Reproductive and Sexual Health Clinical Accreditation Program (RSH-CAP) Theory Online
• Reproductive and Sexual Health Professional development for Nurses and Midwives Online
• Unintended Pregnancy and Medical Abortion in Primary Care 
• Pregnancy Choices 
• Masterclass interactive webinar: vulval dermatology, infertility and pre-conception including genetic carrier screening
• Masterclass Webcasts: cervical screening and colposcopy; hormonal IUDs; menopause, Abortion a GPs toolkit

Sexual Health Quarters 

Western Australia 

Offers a broad range of courses for doctors, nurses, community workers and educators as well as counselling courses.

• Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Nursing)
• Unintended Pregnancy Counselling Training 
• Contraceptive Implant Training 
• Cervical Screening 
• Sexuality & Disability
• Talking about Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion with Patients 
• STARS: Start Talking About Relationships and Sexual Health with young Aboriginal people
• STI Clinical Management for Nurses 

True Relationships and Reproductive Health
Queensland

True Relationships and Reproductive Health provides course online or based in Brisbane

Courses for nurses in the following areas:

• Cervical screening
• Contraceptive implant insertion and removal training
• IUD insertion training and Assisting IUD insertion
• Contraceptive Methods: Assessment and Management
• Introduction to Reproductive and Sexual Health
• Antenatal Sexual Health Kit
• Genital Dermatology