Sexual Health Training Course Online

Our sexual health training course is CPD approved and comes with a downloadable certificate on completion of the online training. This course has been tailored to those who work in a healthcare environment to improve understanding of sexual health and the safeguarding responsibilities that are linked to this.

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Course Overview

Format

  • Intermediate
  • 1-2 Study Hours
  • Online Study
  • Self-Printed Certificate

Accreditation

  • 2 CPD Points
  • CPD Certified

Course description

Anyone working in the healthcare environment or has any safeguarding responsibilities should have an understanding of sexual health and how to promote good sexual health and behaviour.

This online training course will give learners the knowledge they need to give safe and correct advice for any sexual health concerns.

The Sexual Health course covers a wide range of topics including sexual behaviours, infections and diseases, preventative measures, and available treatments.

What does this Sexual Health Online Course cover?

This sexual health training course covers the following topic in detail to provide learners with in-depth knowledge of the subjects:

  • Definitions of sexual health
  • Types of sex and sexual behaviour
  • Risks associated with various forms of sex
  • Pornography
  • Sexually transmitted infections and diseases, the definition of each, and types of STIs
  • Contraceptives
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health services: what this includes, who can access the services, and what those services are
  • Abortion and sexual health
  • Sexual health frameworks within each of the four nations of the UK 
  • Consequences of poor sexual health
  • Consent

The course includes challenges for learners to check their knowledge as they proceed, details and links to organisations providing support, infographics and downloads.

Sexual Health Certificate

After working through this online course and completing the assessment at the end you will receive a downloadble sexual health certificate. 

You can print this or keep it for your records, it can also be re-downloaded at at any time.

You will learn

  • Understand the support sexual health services provide
  • Explain how abortion is managed and what the national picture is
  • Explain what is meant by sexual health and what the consequences of poor sexual health are
  • Outline what is meant by sexual competence and how this links to good sexual health
  • List types of sex, their risks and actions that can help reduce the risks
  • Recognise different STIs and STDs and understand the difference between the two
  • Understand the different forms of contraceptives, including LARC contraceptives

Who is it for?

Roles including:

  • Nurses
  • Doctors
  • GP’s
  • Care workers
  • Social workers
  • Councillors

Sexual Health FAQs

  • How do I get a sexual health certificate UK?

    After working through this online course and completing the assessment at the end you will receive a downloadble sexual health certificate. You can print this or keep it for your records, it can also be re-downloaded at at any time.

  • What qualifications do you need to be a sexual health nurse?

    Nurses and midwives who wish to work in sexual and reproductive health need further education and training to do so. 

    Our sexual health training course is CPD approved and comes with a downloadable certificate on completion of the online training. This course has been tailored to those who work in a healthcare environment to improve understanding of sexual health and the safeguarding responsibilities that are linked to this.

How the online courses work

  • Find a course

    To begin searching for your online training you can click on the course category section on our website and browse through all of our training categories.

    Alternatively if you already know the title of the training you’re looking for you can use the search bar located in the centre of the homepage and go directly to the course you want.

  • Buy the course

    When buying one of our courses, you will need to enter a valid email address which will be used to create your account with our Learning Management System – Enable – where you will take the training. We will also send your purchase receipt to this email address, and any additional courses purchased in future using the same email address will be added to your system account.

    Once you have purchased a course, you will be able to send this course to other people using your system account with Enable by entering the new learner’s email address so that they may access the training and set up their own system account with our Learning Management System.

    If you are not 100% satisfied with your course then we offer a 30-day, no hassle money-back guarantee. To request a refund, you should email our learner support team with your receipt stating why you would like to be reimbursed. You, or your learners, must not have completed the training in order to make a valid refund claim. Any claim made after the training has been completed will be invalidated.

  • Take the course

    This online course consists of a series of pages in which an instructor will talk learners through the lesson material. Pages may include supporting pictures, graphs, animation or extra sounds to help with the learning where appropriate. Some lessons will include challenges/quizzes to help learners stay engaged and interested in the material. Lessons can be taken in any order and each lesson may be paused and resumed at any stage.

    The course is self-paced so learners decide how fast or slow the training goes. There is no deadline for completion but some of our courses have a test at the end to check that learners have understood the material. If the course has a test at the end then learners are required to achieve a 75% pass mark to successfully complete the course. Once learners have passed the test they are awarded a certificate, which can either be downloaded digitally or sent as a physical copy if this option was chosen when purchasing the course.

  • Your Certificate

    Upon completion of any of our courses, learners will be able to download a digital certificate from Virtual College which will include the accrediting bodies logo where applicable, the learner's name, the title of the course and the date of completion.

    If you have purchased the posted certificate option, available on selected courses, a high quality, seal embossed, certificate will be sent out the following working week after completion.