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Content last updated 17/03/2025

External health and wellbeing events

18 Jun

Start Time & Date:	18/06/2025, 9:00 am
End Time & Date:	18/06/2025, 10:00 am
Location:	Online
Contact Info:	True Relationships & Reproductive Health 07 3250 0240 \| ceu@true.org.au

This interactive online course aims to provide theoretical and live-online simulated training in the insertion and removal of the contraceptive implant Implanon NXT® and provide product knowledge and patient counselling. Implanon NXT® distance education consists of approximately 2.5 hours self-paced, online theoretical pre-reading and approximately 1 hour of small group, live-online simulation practice via Zoom webinar.

The self-paced, online pre-reading (which must be completed prior to the webinar session) covers the following topics:

Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC)
Composition and mechanism of action
Efficacy
Side effects, including bleeding patterns and guidance of management
Patient suitability, contraindications, and medication interactions
Patient consent
Timing of initiation of contraception
Insertion procedure, including anatomical considerations
Removal procedure
Reinsertion procedure
Post-procedure patient advice
Advice for complex implants, such as deeply inserted implants

Implanon NXT® insertion and removal simulated practice on model arms will occur in small groups under observation by experienced Implanon NXT® clinical educators via Zoom webinar.

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